It is 12:36 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Tarawa, Kiribati. The city runs on UTC+12, which puts it 15 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Tarawa
Tarawa follows the Pacific/Tarawa time zone (this zone has no widely used letter abbreviation). Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+12.
Tarawa does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+12 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 15 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Tarawa.
Time difference between Brasília and Tarawa
To convert, take Brasília time and add 15 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Tarawa is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Tarawa is 21:00 (previous day) in Brasília, and local midnight is 09:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Tarawa is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 09:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Tarawa (UTC+12) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 21:00 |
| 09:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
| 12:00 | 03:00 (next day) |
| 15:00 | 06:00 (next day) |
| 18:00 | 09:00 (next day) |
| 21:00 | 12:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Tarawa from Brazil
With a difference of 15 hours, the 9:00 to 18:00 working days do not overlap at all. The least inconvenient slot is around 17:00 in Brasília, which is 08:00 (next day) in Tarawa: one side will be early or late, so agree in writing who takes the awkward hour. Messages and recorded updates work better than live calls here.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Tarawa today
Today the Sun rises in Tarawa at 06:14 and sets at 18:20 local time, a daylight span of 12h 5min, with solar noon at 12:17. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Tarawa?
Tarawa is at 1.42° N, 173.00° E (country: Kiribati). Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.