How to use the table
Each row shows a capital city, its country or territory, the local time with the weekday, updating live, and the current UTC offset. Each city name links to a page with more detail, including the time zone name, sunrise and sunset, and daylight saving status.
- Type in the filter box to find a city or country by name.
- Use the continent chips to show only one continent, such as Africa, Europe or South America.
Which capitals are listed
The table has 200 entries: the 193 member states of the United Nations, plus Vatican City, Palestine, Taiwan, Kosovo, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico and Greenland. Including a place in the list is a practical choice about where people want to know the time, not a statement about its political status.
A few countries have more than one capital, or a capital that is not where the government sits. In those cases the list uses the city that people most often look for, based on the de facto capital or the seat of government. A few well-known examples:
| Country | Constitutional or official capital | Seat of government |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | The Hague |
| Bolivia | Sucre | La Paz |
| South Africa | Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein share capital roles | Pretoria (executive) |
The Netherlands, for example, is listed under Amsterdam, while Bolivia is listed under La Paz and South Africa under Pretoria.
Capitals and time zones
A capital’s time is the official time of the country in most smaller countries. In large countries it is not: Washington, D.C. is on Eastern Time, while Los Angeles is three hours behind; Moscow is several hours behind Vladivostok; Brasília is ahead of Manaus. For a country-by-country view of zones, see the guides to US time zones, Canadian time zones and Australian time zones.
Several capitals also use half-hour or quarter-hour offsets, such as New Delhi (UTC+5:30), Tehran (UTC+3:30) and Kathmandu (UTC+5:45), and many do not observe daylight saving time at all. The offset column shows the value in effect right now, so it changes when a capital’s clocks go forward or back.
For the most visited cities only, see time in major cities, or browse about 280 cities in the extended list.