What is the Biggest Time Difference in the World?

Civil time around the world spans 26 hours, from Baker Island to Kiritimati.

Civil time around the world spans 26 hours, from Baker Island to Kiritimati The gap stays 25 hours all year. Both clocks on this page update live.

The gap stays 25 hours all year.

Live clocks

Biggest gap — each named card is that city’s own zone. The last card is your timezone — change it to match where you are.

People also ask

Are there any time zones 24 hours apart?

Civil time spans 26 hours, not 24. Baker Island and Howland Island use UTC−12; Kiritimati (Line Islands, Kiribati) uses UTC+14. At the same moment those clocks are 26 hours apart.

What country is furthest ahead in time?

Kiribati’s Line Islands (Kiritimati) are UTC+14, the earliest populated civil time on Earth.

What country is 24 hours ahead of Hawaii?

None is a clean 24 hours ahead of Hawaii (UTC−10). Kiritimati at UTC+14 is 24 hours ahead of Hawaii’s clock — same clock time, next calendar day.

Which country has the largest time difference?

The widest civil gap is 26 hours, between uninhabited US Howland/Baker Islands (UTC−12) and Kiribati’s Line Islands (UTC+14).

The live clock is the same TabClock face as the homepage.