Bali and Lombok Time Zone: WITA (UTC+8), Indonesia’s Three Time Zones and the Hour Difference with Jakarta

5 November 2026

What time zone are Bali and Lombok in? Both islands use Central Indonesian Time, WITA (Waktu Indonesia Tengah), which is UTC+8 all year round. Indonesia has no daylight saving time. That puts Bali and Lombok on the same clock as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and one hour ahead of Jakarta, which is on Western Indonesian Time (UTC+7).

Because Indonesia stretches across three time zones, “the time in Indonesia” depends on where you are, and it matters most when you connect between flights. This guide explains the three zones and which regions use them, what it means for a trip that goes through Jakarta, how the difference with home changes if your country uses daylight saving time, and a little history of why Bali’s clock is where it is.

Information as of November 2026

What this article covers

✓The time zone of Bali and Lombok (WITA, UTC+8)
✓Indonesia’s three time zones and the regions in each
✓Connecting through Jakarta: the one-hour change
✓Daylight saving at home and how the difference shifts
✓Since when the zones have been in place

In short

Bali and Lombok are on WITA, UTC+8, with no daylight saving time. They share the same time as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Jakarta, Java and Sumatra are one hour behind (WIB, UTC+7); Maluku and Papua are one hour ahead (WIT, UTC+9). Moving between Bali and Lombok, you do not change your watch.

Contents

Bali and Lombok are on WITA, UTC+8

Bali and Lombok both belong to Central Indonesian Time (WITA), eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8). timeanddate.com lists no daylight saving clock changes for Bali, and the English Wikipedia article on time in Indonesia notes that daylight saving time is not observed anywhere in the country. The time difference between Bali or Lombok and any place without daylight saving is therefore fixed all year.

If you are coming from Singapore or Kuala Lumpur, the two cities with direct international flights to Lombok, there is no time difference at all: Singapore Time (SGT) and Malaysia Time (MYT) are also UTC+8, with no clock changes. Your phone switches to local time automatically once it connects to a local network, so in practice you rarely need to set anything by hand.

Indonesia’s three time zones

Indonesia stretches a long way from west to east, and a single time zone would put sunrise and sunset at very different clock times at each end. So the country is divided into three zones. For a traveller, the important thing is not the details but knowing which zone you are in, and remembering that Bali and Lombok are in the middle one.

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Time zone	UTC offset	Main regions	Compared with Bali and Lombok
Western Indonesian Time (WIB)	UTC+7	Sumatra, Java (including Jakarta), West and Central Kalimantan	1 hour behind
Central Indonesian Time (WITA)	UTC+8	Bali, West Nusa Tenggara (Lombok, Sumbawa), East Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, South, East and North Kalimantan	Same
Eastern Indonesian Time (WIT)	UTC+9	Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua	1 hour ahead

Regions as listed in the English Wikipedia article “Time in Indonesia”. No daylight saving time is used anywhere in Indonesia.

Figure: Indonesia’s three time zones

The Komodo area and Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara are also on WITA, so a trip that combines Bali, Lombok and Flores needs no clock changes. Only when you go west to Java or Sumatra, or east to Maluku or Papua, does the time move by an hour.

Connecting through Jakarta

The one place where Indonesia’s time zones regularly catch travellers out is a connection in Jakarta. Flight times on tickets and departure boards are always in local time, so an itinerary that goes through Jakarta changes zone twice.

Figure: Clock changes on a route via Jakarta to Lombok

This is why a Jakarta to Lombok flight can look an hour longer on the ticket than it is in the air, and the return flight an hour shorter. When you plan a tight connection, or arrange an airport pickup, work in the local time of each airport. Our guide to Lombok International Airport covers what happens after you land.

If your country uses daylight saving time

Because Indonesia never changes its clocks, the time difference with countries that use daylight saving time shifts by an hour during the year. Australia is a good example: according to timeanddate.com, New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania moved their clocks forward on 4 October 2026, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not use daylight saving. So from October to early April the gap between Bali and Sydney is one hour larger than in the rest of the year, while the gap with Brisbane stays the same.

The same applies to Europe and North America. If you need to call home or join an online meeting during your stay, check the current difference for the date you need rather than relying on the difference you noted in a different season.

Keep in mind

Jakarta is one hour behind Bali and Lombok: connection times in Jakarta are shown in WIB
No daylight saving in Indonesia: the difference with countries that change their clocks shifts during the year
Leave margin on connections: a short connection leaves no room for delays, whatever the time zone

Since when: a short history

Indonesia’s current three zones were set by Presidential Decree 41 of 1987 (Keppres 41/1987) and came into use on 1 January 1988. Before that, Bali was on Western Indonesian Time (from 29 November 1963), and West and Central Kalimantan were on Central Indonesian Time, so the boundary moved when the current system began.

In 2012 the government discussed moving the whole country to a single time zone at UTC+8, the same as Bali and Lombok today. Target dates in 2012 passed without a change, and the idea was described the following year as not abandoned but without a date. As of November 2026, the three zones remain.

A note from Sekotong

In Sekotong, in southwest Lombok, the day runs to WITA like the rest of the island. Our SAKURA CAFE and SEMELAR MARKET are open 10:00 to 22:00, closed on Mondays, and those times are WITA. For the time of sunset through the year, see our guide to sunset and sunrise on Lombok and the Gili Islands.

Frequently asked questions

Q. What time zone is Bali in?

Central Indonesian Time (WITA), UTC+8, all year round. Lombok is the same.

Q. Is Bali time the same as Singapore time?

Yes. Singapore Time and Malaysia Time are also UTC+8, so Bali, Lombok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur share the same clock.

Q. What is the time difference between Bali and Jakarta?

One hour. Jakarta is on Western Indonesian Time (UTC+7), so when it is 12:00 in Bali it is 11:00 in Jakarta.

Q. Does Indonesia use daylight saving time?

No. Indonesia does not change its clocks, so the difference with countries that use daylight saving time shifts by an hour during the year.

Q. Do I need to change my watch between Bali and Lombok?

No. Both are on WITA, and so are the Komodo area and the rest of Nusa Tenggara.

Summary

Bali and Lombok are on Central Indonesian Time, WITA, UTC+8, with no daylight saving time, the same as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Jakarta, Java and Sumatra are one hour behind, and Maluku and Papua one hour ahead.

For most trips, the only time to think about time zones is a connection in Jakarta, where departure boards show WIB, and when you work out the difference with home in a season when your own clocks change. Between Bali, Lombok and the Gili Islands, the clock stays the same.