| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −4h | Becomes −5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −3h | Becomes −4h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +4h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +5h | Becomes +6h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −10h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
Aktau, Kazakhstan runs on UTC+5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Aktau and New York is 9 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Aktau and London is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 13:00–18:00 in Aktau lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. The time difference between Aktau and Tokyo is 4 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in Aktau lines up with 13:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Karachi, Astana, Lahore. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Aktau.
Aktau (Kazakhstan) is home to roughly 260K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:31, sunset at 19:19. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 44° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Kazakhstan
Capital
Astana
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5 · Asia/Aqtau
Coordinates
43.65°N, 51.16°E
Currency
KZT (₸)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Kazakh, Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Aktau's addresses use microdistrict, building and apartment numbers rather than street names — a Soviet planning decision never undone. The city was built from 1963 to serve a uranium mine and gets much of its drinking water by desalinating the Caspian.
The clock: Aktau has kept UTC+5 since 2004; in 2024 the rest of Kazakhstan joined it when the country unified its time zones.
Aktau lies at 51.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+5, is built around the 75°E meridian. The 23.8° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 95 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:35 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 27m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 56m. The swing between them is 6h 31m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Aktau the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 05:53, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 21:21. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Aktau that civil twilight runs about 29 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 36 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Aktau, Kazakhstan is Asia/Aqtau with a current UTC offset of UTC+5.
Aktau has an estimated population of 260K and is located at coordinates 43.65°N, 51.16°E.
Aktau gets 15h 27m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 56m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Aktau falls at about 13:35 on UTC+5 standard time, because the city sits 23.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City With No Street Names: Aktau's addresses use microdistrict, building and apartment numbers rather than street names — a Soviet planning decision never undone.