| 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 |
Islamabad, Pakistan runs on UTC+5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Islamabad 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 Islamabad 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 Islamabad lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. The time difference between Islamabad 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 Islamabad 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 Islamabad.
Islamabad (Pakistan) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:01, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Pakistan
Capital
Islamabad 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
Coordinates
33.68°N, 73.05°E
Currency
PKR (₨)
Calling Code
+92
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Urdu, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Islamabad was laid out from 1960 by the Greek planner Constantinos Doxiadis on a strict grid of numbered sectors, each intended to be self-sufficient. Pakistan moved its capital here from Karachi because it wanted somewhere more central and more defensible.
The clock: Pakistan keeps UTC+5 with no seasonal change, having briefly tried daylight saving in 2002, 2008 and 2009 and abandoned it each time.
Islamabad lies at 73.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+5, is built around the 75°E meridian. The 2.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 8 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:08 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 14h 24m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 55m. The swing between them is 4h 29m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Islamabad the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 04:57, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 19:22. 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 Islamabad that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox.
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 Islamabad, Pakistan is Asia/Karachi with a current UTC offset of UTC+5.
Islamabad has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 33.68°N, 73.05°E. It is the capital city of Pakistan.
Islamabad gets 14h 24m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 55m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Islamabad falls at about 12:08 on UTC+5 standard time, because the city sits 2.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital Designed on Paper: Islamabad was laid out from 1960 by the Greek planner Constantinos Doxiadis on a strict grid of numbered sectors, each intended to be self-sufficient.