| 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 |
Rawalpindi, 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 Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. The time difference between Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi (Pakistan) is home to roughly 2.3M 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
33.60°N, 73.04°E
Currency
PKR (₨)
Calling Code
+92
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Urdu, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Rawalpindi served as Pakistan's interim capital from 1959 to 1967 while Islamabad was being built next door. The two are now effectively one metropolitan area of over four million, one planned and one distinctly not.
The clock: Rawalpindi keeps UTC+5. It also hosts army headquarters, which has made it a more consequential address than its municipal status suggests.
Rawalpindi 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 23m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 55m. The swing between them is 4h 28m. 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 Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi 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 Rawalpindi, Pakistan is Asia/Karachi with a current UTC offset of UTC+5.
Rawalpindi has an estimated population of 2.3M and is located at coordinates 33.60°N, 73.04°E.
Rawalpindi gets 14h 23m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 55m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Rawalpindi falls at about 12:08 on UTC+5 standard time, because the city sits 2.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Other Half of a Capital: Rawalpindi served as Pakistan's interim capital from 1959 to 1967 while Islamabad was being built next door. The two are now effectively one metropolitan area of over four million, one planned and one distinctly not.