| 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 |
Shymkent, 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 Shymkent 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 Shymkent 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 Shymkent lines up with 09:00–14:00 in London. The time difference between Shymkent 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 Shymkent 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 Shymkent.
Shymkent (Kazakhstan) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:17, sunset at 18:05. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 42° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Kazakhstan
Capital
Astana
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
Coordinates
42.32°N, 69.60°E
Currency
KZT (₸)
Calling Code
+7
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Kazakh, Russian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Shymkent grew as a caravan stop serving the Silk Road city of Sayram and became one of Kazakhstan's three cities of republican significance, passing one million residents in 2018.
The clock: Shymkent shifted to UTC+5 with the rest of Kazakhstan in 2024. It sits close to the Uzbek border, and now finally shares an hour with Tashkent, a couple of hours' drive away.
Shymkent lies at 69.6°E. Its time zone, UTC+5, is built around the 75°E meridian. The 5.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 22 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:22 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 17m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 5m. The swing between them is 6h 12m. 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 Shymkent the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 04:44, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 20:02. 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 Shymkent that civil twilight runs about 28 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 35 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 Shymkent, Kazakhstan is Asia/Almaty with a current UTC offset of UTC+5.
Shymkent has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 42.32°N, 69.60°E.
Shymkent gets 15h 17m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 5m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Shymkent falls at about 12:22 on UTC+5 standard time, because the city sits 5.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City on the Silk Road's Shoulder: Shymkent grew as a caravan stop serving the Silk Road city of Sayram and became one of Kazakhstan's three cities of republican significance, passing one million residents in 2018.