Current Time in Medan, Indonesia
Time and Sun Facts for Medan
- Local time
- 6:07 am
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
Asia/Jakarta- UTC offset
- UTC+7
- Daylight saving
- Not observed here — the offset is the same all year
- Sunrise
- 6:09 am
- Sunset
- 6:09 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Coordinates
- 3.59, 98.67
How Medan Keeps Time
Medan keeps WIB, UTC+7. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Medan; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Medan runs on the Asia/Jakarta zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+7 right now. There is no daylight saving here, so that offset holds all year and the difference to other places only changes when they move their own clocks.
The sun rises in Medan at 6:09 am today and sets at 6:09 pm — 12 hours 1 minute of daylight, with solar noon at 12:09 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (3.59, 98.67), so they shift a little every day of the year.
Medan has little seasonal change in day length: the June and December solstice daylight totals differ by about 25 minutes.
WIB is one of several zones in Indonesia, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
Medan at a Glance
| Coordinates | 3.5900, 98.6700 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Asia/Jakarta |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+7 |
| Daylight saving | Not currently observed |
| Sunrise today | 6:09 am |
| Sunset today | 6:09 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:09 pm |
| Daylight today | 12 hours 1 minute |
| Straight-line distance to Jakarta | 1,419 km |
| Current clock difference vs Jakarta | Same civil time |
How Medan Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Medan. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Medan |
|---|---|---|
| London | 12:07 am | 6 hours behind |
| New York | 7:07 pm | 11 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 4:07 pm | 14 hours behind |
| Dubai | 3:07 am | 3 hours behind |
| Karachi | 4:07 am | 2 hours behind |
| Singapore | 7:07 am | 1 hour ahead |
| Tokyo | 8:07 am | 2 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 10:07 am | 4 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Medan
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Palembang | 996 km | 6:07 am |
| Jakarta | 1,419 km | 6:07 am |
| Bandung | 1,533 km | 6:07 am |
| Semarang | 1,755 km | 6:07 am |
| Yogyakarta | 1,813 km | 6:07 am |
Other Cities in Indonesia
Indonesia keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
Questions People Ask
Is Medan the time everywhere in Indonesia?
No. Indonesia currently has 3 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
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