Current time in Jakarta, Indonesia
The current local time in Jakarta is shown below. Jakarta observes WIB.
Daylight saving time
Jakarta does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Standard abbreviation
- WIB
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Jakarta in context
Jakarta sits on the northwest coast of Java, the most populous of Indonesia's main islands, at the mouth of the Ciliwung River where it meets the Java Sea. The city proper holds around 11 million residents, and the wider Jabodetabek metropolitan region (incorporating Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi) reaches around 32 million, one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world. The Indonesian government is currently developing a new capital, Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, with parliamentary functions slated to relocate progressively through the 2020s.
Timezone history of Jakarta
Indonesia spans three timezones across an east-to-west extent of around 5,000 kilometres, wider than the contiguous United States. Jakarta sits in the Western Indonesia Time zone at UTC+7, alongside Sumatra, most of Java, and the western Kalimantan provinces; the central zone covers Bali and the eastern parts of Borneo at UTC+8, with Papua and the Maluku Islands at UTC+9. There have been periodic proposals to consolidate the country to a single timezone but none has progressed to legislation. Indonesia does not observe daylight saving.
Working hours in Jakarta
Working hours in Jakarta nominally run 09:00 to 17:00 or 18:00, but the city's extreme traffic congestion shapes the effective rhythm of the working day, pushing many commutes well outside those windows and encouraging hybrid arrangements where possible. Friday prayers between approximately 12:00 and 13:30 are accommodated by most employers, with the lunch break extended on that day. During Ramadan, hours are commonly reduced by an hour or two, and the iftar evening meal anchors much of the city's after-dark social schedule.