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2:00 am02:00 CKT (UTC-10), Oct 13, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 SST (UTC-11), Oct 13, 2026

Avarua is 1 hour ahead of SST.

How the time difference changes

Avarua is 1 hour ahead of SST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Avarua correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in SST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Avarua correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in SST.

Compare Avarua time with SST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

CKT (Cook Island Time) is 1 hour ahead of Samoa Standard Time.
2:00 am02:00 in Avarua, Cook Islands is 1:00 am01:00 in SST

Avarua to SST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in Avarua which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in SST

2:00 am02:00 CKT (Cook Island Time) (Avarua, Cook Islands). Offset UTC -10:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 Samoa Standard Time (SST). Offset UTC -11:00 hours

2:00 am02:00 Avarua, Cook Islands / 1:00 am01:00 SST

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Avarua Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CKT – Cook Island Time, UTC-10 (no daylight saving time)

Avarua Facts

Country
Cook Islands
Alternative Names
Avaroua, Avarua, Avaruo, Avarúa, RAR, a wa lu a, abalua, abarua, avarua, avaruva, avharu'a, awarwa, awarya, xa wa raw, Αβαρούα, Аваруа, Ավարուա, אוורואה, آواروآ, آواریا, अव्हारुआ, அவாருவா, อะวารัว, ཨ་ཝ་རུ་ཨ།, ავარუა, アバルア, 阿瓦鲁阿, 아바루아
Population
13,373
Currency
Dollar (NZD)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 12' S Latitude / 159° 46' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+682

Samoa Standard Time

Offset: SST is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Samoa (American), US minor outlying islands

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SST time zone is Pago Pago in American Samoa, with about 11,500 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tāfuna, Nu‘uuli, Leone, Faleniu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Samoa Standard Time (SST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

SST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -11 - basic short
  • -1100 - basic
  • -11:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -1100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (11) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eleven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • X-ray - Military abbreviation for SST
  • X - short form of 'X-ray'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Pacific/Midway
  • Pacific/Pago_Pago
  • Pacific/Samoa
  • US/Samoa
Time zones with the GMT -11 offset:
  • NUT - Niue Time
  • SST - Samoa Standard Time
  • X - X-ray Time Zone