| 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 |
Almaty, 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 Almaty 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 Almaty 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 Almaty lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. The time difference between Almaty 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 Almaty 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 Almaty.
Almaty (Kazakhstan) is home to roughly 2.2M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 17:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Kazakhstan
Capital
Astana
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
Coordinates
43.24°N, 76.91°E
Currency
KZT (₸)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Kazakh, Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Medeu rink above Almaty sits at roughly 1,691 metres, and the thin air plus exceptionally pure meltwater ice made it the fastest speed-skating surface in the world. More than 120 world records were set there.
The clock: Kazakhstan abolished its two-zone system in March 2024, putting the whole country including Almaty on UTC+5 — which moved Almaty's clocks an hour back overnight.
Almaty lies at 76.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+5, is built around the 75°E meridian. The 1.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 8 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:52 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 24m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 59m. The swing between them is 6h 25m. 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 Almaty the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 04:11, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 19:36. 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 Almaty that civil twilight runs about 28 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 Almaty, Kazakhstan is Asia/Almaty with a current UTC offset of UTC+5.
Almaty has an estimated population of 2.2M and is located at coordinates 43.24°N, 76.91°E.
Almaty gets 15h 24m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 59m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Almaty falls at about 11:52 on UTC+5 standard time, because the city sits 1.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Ice Rink at 1,700 Metres: The Medeu rink above Almaty sits at roughly 1,691 metres, and the thin air plus exceptionally pure meltwater ice made it the fastest speed-skating surface in the world. More than 120 world records were set there.