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Local time in Tuvalu

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Current local time in Tuvalu (TVT (UTC+12)). The clock below updates live in your browser.

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Time difference — Funafuti

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Differences are relative to Funafuti, Tuvalu, and account for daylight saving time right now.

Time zone information for Tuvalu

Standard label
TVT (UTC+12)
Standard offset (Funafuti)
UTC+12
Daylight saving time
Not observed
Number of time zones
1
Capital
Funafuti
IANA zones
Pacific/Tarawa

Tuvalu uses TVT (UTC+12) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Tuvalu.

Sunrise and sunset in Funafuti

At 8.5° south, Funafuti gets 12 h 37 min of daylight around the December solstice but only 11 h 38 min around the June solstice — a difference of 0 h 59 min.

Times on the 21st of each month in 2026, local clock time (Pacific/Tarawa)
DateSunriseSolar noonSunsetDaylight
21 January05:5912:1518:3112 h 32 min
21 February06:0812:1818:2812 h 20 min
21 March06:0812:1218:1512 h 07 min
21 April06:0712:0317:5911 h 53 min
21 May06:1012:0117:5211 h 42 min
21 June06:1712:0617:5511 h 38 min
21 July06:2012:1118:0111 h 41 min
21 August06:1212:0818:0411 h 52 min
21 September05:5511:5818:0112 h 06 min
21 October05:3911:4917:5912 h 20 min
21 November05:3411:5018:0612 h 32 min
21 December05:4312:0218:2112 h 37 min

Calculated for Funafuti (-8.50°, 179.12°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.

Daylight saving time in Tuvalu

Tuvalu does not change its clocks: it stays on TVT (UTC+12) all year in 2026 and 2027.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.