Uzbekistan · UZT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Samarkand, Uzbekistan 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 Samarkand 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 Samarkand 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 Samarkand lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. There is a 4-hour difference between Samarkand 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 Samarkand 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 Samarkand.
Practical Info
Samarkand (Uzbekistan) is home to roughly 550K people. Today brings about 14.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 20:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 40° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Tashkent
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UZT · Asia/Tashkent
Coordinates
39.65°N, 66.96°E
Currency
UZS (soʼm)
Calling Code
+998
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Uzbek
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ulugh Beg's observatory, built around 1420, contained a marble sextant roughly 40 metres in radius sunk into the rock. With it he measured the length of the year to within about 25 seconds of the modern figure, using no lenses at all.
The clock: Samarkand keeps UTC+5. The catalogue Ulugh Beg produced here listed 1,018 stars and was not bettered anywhere for two centuries.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap