| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −5h | Becomes −6h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −4h | Becomes −5h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +3h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +4h | Becomes +5h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −13h | Becomes −14h on 1 Nov |
Sylhet, Bangladesh runs on UTC+6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Sylhet and New York is 10 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 Sylhet and London is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Sylhet lines up with 09:00–13:00 in London. The time difference between Sylhet and Tokyo is 3 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–15:00 in Sylhet lines up with 12:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Dhaka, Bishkek, Chittagong. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Sylhet.
Sylhet (Bangladesh) is home to roughly 900K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:44, sunset at 17:40. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 25° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Bangladesh
Capital
Dhaka
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+6 · Asia/Dhaka
Coordinates
24.89°N, 91.87°E
Currency
BDT (৳)
Calling Code
+880
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Bengali
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
A large share of the British Bangladeshi population traces to Sylhet, and remittances from abroad have reshaped the region — Bangladesh receives over $20 billion a year in remittances overall, and Sylhet's share is visible in its housing.
The clock: Sylhet keeps UTC+6, five hours ahead of London in summer and six in winter — which is why so many of its family phone calls happen at unusual hours on one end or the other.
Sylhet lies at 91.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+6, is built around the 90°E meridian. The 1.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 7 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:53 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 41m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 35m. The swing between them is 3h 6m. 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 Sylhet the sun comes up earliest on 9 June at 05:02, while the latest sunset waits until 4 July at 18:46. 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 Sylhet that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Sylhet, Bangladesh is Asia/Dhaka with a current UTC offset of UTC+6.
Sylhet has an estimated population of 900K and is located at coordinates 24.89°N, 91.87°E.
Sylhet gets 13h 41m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 35m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Sylhet falls at about 11:53 on UTC+6 standard time, because the city sits 1.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Built by Remittances: A large share of the British Bangladeshi population traces to Sylhet, and remittances from abroad have reshaped the region — Bangladesh receives over $20 billion a year in remittances overall, and Sylhet's share is…