Antarctica AntarcticaAntarctica Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Time Difference

10 Time ZonesUTC-3 ... UTC+12

A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which Antarctica is highlighted by a large blue dot.
A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which Antarctica is highlighted by a large blue dot.

How many time zones does Antarctica have?

Antarctica has 10 time zones and a time difference from UTC-3 to UTC+12.

10 Time Zones

Time Zones (10)

Time Zone
Universal Time Coordinated
Current local time Major Cities in Time Zone
Antarctica/
Palmer

UTC-3
10:45 pm
Antarctica/
Rothera

UTC-3
10:45 pm
Antarctica/
Troll

UTC+0
3:45 am
Antarctica/
Syowa

UTC+3
4:45 am
Antarctica/
Mawson

UTC+5
6:45 am
Antarctica/
Vostok

UTC+5
6:45 am
Antarctica/
Davis

UTC+7
8:45 am
Antarctica/
Casey

UTC+8
9:45 am
Antarctica/
DumontDUrville

UTC+10
11:45 am
Antarctica/
McMurdo

UTC+12
1:45 pm

Antarctica on the world map

A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which Antarctica is highlighted by a large blue dot.

A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which is highlighted by a large blue dot.

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Antarctica is a continental landmass without a permanent population. Due to its position at the South Pole, every line of latitude travels through Antarctica, which means that in theory it should have 24 different time zones. In reality, though, there are 11 different time zones, determined by the countries which claim rights to Antarctica and the presence of their research stations. The time zones in force range from GMT -6 to GMT +13.