🇳🇨 New Caledonia

Time zones in New Caledonia

• Pacific/Noumea
  UTC+11 (GMT+11) · New Caledonia Time

Upcoming public holidays in New Caledonia

• Fri, May 1Fête du travail
• Fri, May 8Fête de la Victoire 1945
• Thu, May 14Ascension
• Sun, May 24Pentecôte
• Mon, May 25Lundi de Pentecôte
• Sun, May 31Fête des Mères
• Tue, Jul 14Fête Nationale de la France

See all 2026 New Caledonia holidays →

Other countries in Melanesia

• 🇫🇯 Fiji
• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu

At a glance

Capital

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Region

Oceania

Subregion

Melanesia

Population

264,596

Area

18,575 km²

Currency

XPF ₣

Calling code

+687

Driving side

right

Languages

fra

Internet TLD

.nc

About

New Caledonia is a French territory comprising a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. Located 16,100 km (10,000 mi) from Metropolitan France, it forms a sui generis collectivity of the French Republic, having a unique legal status enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution.

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