Current time in Christmas Island

Local time in Christmas Island

The time in Christmas Island is 7 hours ahead of UTC and 12 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Christmas Island is Christmas Island Time (CXT). Christmas Island is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Details for the time in Christmas Island

Current time	3:52 p.m.
Time zone	Christmas Island Time (CXT)
IANA time zone	Indian/Christmas
Your time difference	12 hours ahead of Columbus
UTC time difference	UTC+7 7 hours ahead of UTC

Christmas Island Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Christmas Island

Christmas Island uses Christmas Island Time CXT. CXT is UTC +0700 uur. Christmas Island’s latitude and longitude is 10° 30' S and 105° 40' E. Therefore a seven hours offset between CXT and UTC is exactly as one would expect. Because of its location not far south of the equator Christmas Island has no use for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Christmas Island

The current time in some important cities in Christmas Island is shown below.

Time in Christmas Island