Current time in Suva, Fiji
The current local time in Suva is shown below. Suva observes FJT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Suva does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Pacific/Fiji
- Standard abbreviation
- FJT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇫🇯 Fiji
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Suva?
Suva observes Fiji Time at UTC+12 in winter, advancing to UTC+13 during the southern hemisphere's summer daylight saving period from early November to mid-January. Fiji has used DST since 1998, with adjusted dates after 2012 to extend the summer evening for tourism. Suva's longitude near 178 degrees east places wall time roughly close to mean solar noon. The country sits just west of the 180-degree meridian and the International Date Line. New Zealand to the south operates one hour ahead in summer due to different DST dates.
What are the working hours in Suva?
Government administration (Suva hosts the seat of national government, unlike Nadi which dominates international tourism), the University of the South Pacific, regional Pacific institutions, the Fiji Sugar Corporation, and a substantial banking and financial-services sector anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 16:30 in the public sector and slightly later in private business. The Suva commercial centre is the more urban of Fiji's two main centres, with a heavier government and corporate weighting than tourism-dominated Nadi. Fiji Day on 10 October and Diwali in October or November are the largest annual events alongside Christian observances.
Where is Suva?
Suva is the capital of Fiji, sitting on the south-eastern coast of Viti Levu, the country's main island, around 200 kilometres south-east of Nadi. The city proper holds around 95,000 residents and the wider Suva metropolitan area, including Lami and Nausori, roughly 200,000. The city occupies a peninsula extending into Laucala Bay. The University of the South Pacific's main Laucala campus, serving 12 Pacific island countries, sits on the eastern outskirts. The Joske's Thumb volcanic plug rises inland to the west of the city, with the rest of Viti Levu's interior densely forested.