Current time in Samoa

Samoa

10:39 a.m.
Oct. 16, 2024

Local time in Samoa

The time in Samoa is 13 hours ahead of UTC and 18 hours ahead of Chicago. The timezone in Samoa is West Samoa Time (WST). Samoa is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 2021.

Details for the time in Samoa

Current time
10:39 a.m.
Time zone West Samoa Time (WST)
IANA time zone Pacific/Apia
Your time difference 18 hours ahead of Chicago
UTC time difference UTC+13
13 hours ahead of UTC

Samoa Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Samoa is not using Daylight Saving Time.

Samoa

Samoa uses Western Samoa Time WST. WST is UTC +1300. Samoa's latitude and longitude is 13° 35 S and 172° 20 W . Therefore being thirteen hours ahead of UTC is too much for the islands. Being twelve hours ahead (or behind) UTC would be more suitable. However, there is no daylight savings time on Samoa. The Island is on daylight savings time all year round.

Important cities in Samoa

The current time in some important cities in Samoa is shown below.

Time in Samoa