What UTC+11 means
A clock set to UTC+11 shows UTC plus 11 hours. When it is 12:00 noon UTC, it is 11:00 pm here. Compared with India (UTC+5:30) it is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead.
Converting to and from UTC+11
To turn UTC into this time, add 11 hours. To go back to UTC, subtract the same amount. Three examples: 6:00 am UTC is 5:00 pm here; 3:00 pm UTC is 2:00 am here on the next day; 9:00 am here is 10:00 pm UTC on the previous day. The calendar date changes whenever the sum passes midnight.
Where UTC+11 sits on the map
The Earth turns 15 degrees of longitude every hour. The line where the sun-time matches UTC+11 exactly is 165° east. The places that use it are spread much wider than that one line. Of the main cities listed below, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (142.7° east) is the farthest west and Port-Vila (168.3° east) the farthest east. By the sun they are about 1 hour 42 minutes apart, yet their clocks agree.
Who is on UTC+11, and when
7 zone areas in 6 countries and territories keep UTC+11 through the whole year. The towns of 15,000 or more there hold about 769,000 people (GeoNames figures). 4 more zone areas are on it for only part of the year: for 1 of them it is the standard (winter) time and for 3 it is the moved (summer) time. That is why the number of people on UTC+11 rises and falls with the seasons.
Noon at UTC+11 elsewhere
When a clock on UTC+11 shows 12:00 noon, it is 6:30 am in India; 1:00 am in London in January and 2:00 am in July; 8:00 pm the previous day in New York in January and 9:00 pm the previous day in July; 10:00 am in Tokyo. For any other place or date, use the converter.
Largest cities on this time
Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Canberra, Geelong, Hobart, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Ballarat.
All year
These places keep UTC+11 through the whole year.
- Pohnpei, Micronesia
- New Caledonia
- Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
- Magadan, Russia
- Sakhalin, Russia
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu
Part of the year
These places are on UTC+11 for part of the year and move their clocks for the rest. Open one for its dates.
Neighbouring offsets: UTC+10, UTC+10:30, UTC+12, UTC+12:45. All UTC offsets.