Current time in Honolulu, United States
The current local time in Honolulu is shown below. Honolulu observes HST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Honolulu 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/Honolulu
- Standard abbreviation
- HST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Honolulu?
Hawaii is one of only two US states (with most of Arizona) that does not observe daylight saving time. The state remains on Hawaii Standard Time at UTC-10 year-round, two hours behind Pacific Standard Time in winter and three hours behind during the rest of the country's DST. The state's low latitude (Honolulu sits at 21 degrees north) produces only a modest seasonal variation in day length, undermining the energy-saving rationale for DST.
What are the working hours in Honolulu?
Honolulu's working day runs 08:00 to 17:00 in the conventional office sector, but the relationship with mainland US business hours dominates many industries. By the time Honolulu opens at 08:00, New York is already at 14:00 and London at 19:00. Tourism and hospitality, the city's largest employer cluster, run around-the-clock shifts. State holidays include the unique Kamehameha Day on 11 June and Statehood Day on the third Friday in August.
Where is Honolulu?
Honolulu sits on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian archipelago, the capital and largest city of Hawaiʻi and the only US state capital located on an island. The city proper extends across most of the southeastern third of Oʻahu, with around 350,000 residents in the urban core and the wider county encompassing the entire island at around 1 million. The geography is dominated by the steep Koʻolau mountain range that runs the length of the island's east side.