Turkmenistan · TMT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan runs on UTC+5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 9-hour difference between Ashgabat and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 4-hour difference between Ashgabat and London. 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 Ashgabat lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. There is a 4-hour difference between Ashgabat and Tokyo. 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 Ashgabat 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 Ashgabat.
Practical Info
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) is home to roughly 1.0M people. Today brings about 14.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 20:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 38° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Ashgabat 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
TMT · Asia/Ashgabat
Coordinates
37.95°N, 58.38°E
Currency
TMT (m)
Calling Code
+993
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Turkmen
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ashgabat holds the Guinness record for the highest density of white marble buildings — over 540 of them, faced with roughly 4.5 million square metres of imported marble. It was rebuilt largely from scratch after a 1948 earthquake destroyed almost everything.
The clock: Ashgabat keeps UTC+5. The Darvaza gas crater, burning since 1971 a few hours north, is the country's other well-known light source.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap