World Clock — Current Time in Major Cities

This world clock shows the current local time in major cities across every populated region, all updating together. It is the fastest way to answer "is it a reasonable hour to call?" before you dial. For a specific pair of places, the time zone converter is more precise.

Reading the board

Cities are grouped so the day sweeps across the list from east to west. When the top of the board is in the evening the bottom is still in the morning, which is the whole scheduling problem in one picture. Daylight saving shifts appear automatically as each region enters or leaves it.

Guides about World Clock

Time zones explained Daylight Saving Time Around the World: Who Changes Their Clocks, and When Which countries still move their clocks, how the northern and southern seasons differ, which nations have abandoned the practice, and why no two regions change on the same date. 5 min read Time zones explained Why the China Time Zone Covers Five Zones' Worth of Longitude China spans about sixty degrees of longitude and keeps a single clock. How the 1949 unification came about, how Xinjiang works around it, and what it does to sunrise. 5 min read

More timezones.now pages

Time Zone Browser Search all IANA time zones and see the current time and UTC offset in each. Time Zone Converter Convert any time between any two zones — daylight saving handled automatically. UTC Offsets Every UTC offset from −12:00 to +14:00, with the current time and representative places. Time Zone Abbreviations What EST, CST, IST, BST and the rest actually mean — including the ones that mean several things.

Frequently asked questions

Is the world clock live?

Yes — every city updates continuously from your device's clock and your browser's time-zone data.

Why is a nearby city an odd number of hours away?

Some regions use half-hour or quarter-hour offsets. India runs at UTC+05:30 and Nepal at UTC+05:45 — see the guide on half-hour zones.