Papua New Guinea Practical Country Info
Time, road side, electricity, plugs, communications and standard country identifiers in one practical reference.
For Papua New Guinea, civil time is represented by Pacific/Port_Moresby, traffic keeps to the left side, the listed mains supply is 240 V, the international calling code is +675, and the country-code domain is .pg.
Papua New Guinea time right now
Civil time reference
Papua New Guinea uses multiple IANA zones on this page: Pacific/Port_Moresby, Pacific/Bougainville.
Driving side
Left side traffic
Vehicles normally travel on the left side of the road in Papua New Guinea.
Electrical system
Mains electricity
Plug and socket types
Type I
2 angled flat pins with earth pin
How Papua New Guinea is identified internationally
For Papua New Guinea, measurement: This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units.
Papua New Guinea practical data table
| Field | Papua New Guinea | Authority / basis |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | Pacific/Port_Moresby | IANA |
| Driving side | Left side | Cited road convention |
| Mains voltage | 240 V | Cited electrical reference |
| Commercial frequency | 50 Hz | Cited electrical reference |
| Calling code | +675 | ITU |
| ccTLD | .pg | IANA Root Zone |
| ISO alpha-2 | PG | ISO 3166 |
| ISO alpha-3 | PNG | ISO 3166 |
| ISO numeric | 598 | ISO 3166 |
| Measurement practice | This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units. | Page methodology |
Sources & methodology
The source cards below document Papua New Guinea's cited practical-data fields, including calling code +675, ccTLD .pg, time-zone reference Pacific/Port_Moresby, and identify the authority used for each claim.