Time in Bangkok
It is 09:27 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Bangkok. Bangkok is in Thailand. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Bangkok at +07:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Bangkok uses Asia/Bangkok at UTC+07:00 with no daylight saving. Indochina Time stays fixed while partners in Europe and North America change clocks.
Office hours often run about 08:30–17:30. Jakarta shares the offset; China and Singapore sit one hour ahead. US mornings arrive late in the Bangkok evening.
ICT (Indochina Time) is shared with Vietnam and western Indonesia. Asia/Bangkok still belongs in the calendar so a Thai rule change would not depend on a Jakarta row.
Bangkok time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+07:00
- Abbreviation
- ICT
- IANA
- Asia/Bangkok
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Bangkok
Bangkok is currently on its standard offset. Bangkok does not change its clocks. The offset stays +07:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Bangkok today
The sun rises at 06:06 and sets at 18:18, giving 12 h 11 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:12, 13 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Bangkok sits west of the 105° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:06
- Sunset
- 18:18
- Daylight
- 12 h 11 m
- Solar noon
- 12:12Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Bangkok
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Bangkok and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Bangkok
- Population
- 5,676,648The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 13.7500° N, 100.5167° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Thai Baht (THB)
- Calling code
- +66Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Thai
- Airports
- BKKSuvarnabhumiDMKDon Mueang InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Bangkok local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Bangkok
- What time is it in Bangkok right now?
- It is 09:27 in Bangkok as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Bangkok uses the IANA zone Asia/Bangkok, currently +07:00.
- Which time zone is Bangkok in?
- Bangkok is in the ICT time zone (Asia/Bangkok), currently +07:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Bangkok observe daylight saving time?
- No. Bangkok stays on +07:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Bangkok ahead of or behind UTC?
- Bangkok is currently at +07:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Bangkok is 19:00.
Well-known places in Bangkok
If you are checking the time in Bangkok because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Grand PalaceRead more on Wikipedia
- Wat Phra KaewRead more on Wikipedia
- Wat ArunRead more on Wikipedia