Current time in Avarua, Cook Islands
Cook Islands Standard Time
UTC−10:00- Time zone
- Cook Islands Standard Time · Pacific/Rarotonga
- UTC offset now
- UTC−10:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−10 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands (capital) · 21.21° S, 159.78° W
- Population
- 13,373
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Avarua at about 12:39 standard time: the clock runs about 39 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:23 and 12:53 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:42 | 18:49 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 20) | 07:15 | 18:06 | 10h 51m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:28 | 18:35 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 05:54 | 19:20 | 13h 26m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:22–18:36 (12 h 14 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.