Local time
Mon, 3:01 PM GMT+13Pacific/TongatapuCityCapital
Nuku'alofa
21.14° S, 175.22° W
- Population
- 42,620
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 1
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 1 cities of Tonga in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Tonga, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Pacific/Tongatapu
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Nuku'alofa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Nuku'alofa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name is said to combine the local words "nuku", meaning "residence or abode", and "alofa", meaning "love". It may also mean "the south", describing Tonga's position in relation to most other Polynesian islands.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person