Time Zones| Zone areas | Time now | January 2026 | July 2026 | Largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahiti | --:-- | UTC−10 | UTC−10 | Faaa, Papeete, Punaauia |
| Marquesas | --:-- | UTC−9:30 | UTC−9:30 | no large city |
| Gambier | --:-- | UTC−9 | UTC−9 | no large city |
How many times does French Polynesia have?
The IANA database lists 3 separate zone areas for French Polynesia. Grouped by the time they actually show through 2026, that makes 3 different clocks, listed above. The offsets in use run from UTC−10 to UTC−9 in January.
None of them changes its clocks during the year.
Planning across the country
When you fix a call or a broadcast for people in several parts of French Polynesia, give the time with its zone, or use the converter to show every zone at once.
Where most people are
Measured by the people living in towns of 15,000 or more (GeoNames figures), the busiest clock in French Polynesia is the one kept in Faaa, UTC−10 in January: about 82,000 people, or nearly all of the total across all the zone areas. The other clocks, Gambier (UTC−9), Marquesas (UTC−9:30), cover only places with no town that large.
A worked example
When it is 9:00 am in Faaa in January, it is 9:30 am in Marquesas, 10:00 am in Gambier.
The widest gap inside the country
The two clocks that are farthest apart differ by 1 hour in January, and by the same amount in July.
French Polynesia and the rest of the world
When it is 12:00 noon in Faaa, it is 3:30 am the next day in India; 10:00 pm in London in January and 11:00 pm in July; 5:00 pm in New York in January and 6:00 pm in July. Other parts of French Polynesia are earlier or later than that by the amounts in the table at the top of this page.
Not every part is on a whole hour: UTC−9:30 is used here.