| 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 |
Thimphu, Bhutan runs on UTC+6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Thimphu 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 Thimphu 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 Thimphu lines up with 09:00–13:00 in London. The time difference between Thimphu 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 Thimphu 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 Thimphu.
Thimphu (Bhutan) is home to roughly 115K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:53, sunset at 17:49. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 27° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Capital
Thimphu 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+6 · Asia/Thimphu
Coordinates
27.47°N, 89.64°E
Currency
BTN (Nu.)
Calling Code
+975
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dzongkha
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Thimphu is generally described as the only national capital with no traffic lights. A set was installed once and removed after complaints; a white-gloved policeman directs the main junction instead.
The clock: Bhutan keeps UTC+6, and measures Gross National Happiness alongside GDP — a policy framework adopted formally in 2008.
Thimphu lies at 89.6°E. Its time zone, UTC+6, is built around the 90°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:01, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+6 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 53m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 24m. The swing between them is 3h 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 Thimphu the sun comes up earliest on 11 June at 05:05, while the latest sunset waits until 3 July at 19:01. 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 Thimphu 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 Thimphu, Bhutan is Asia/Thimphu with a current UTC offset of UTC+6.
Thimphu has an estimated population of 115K and is located at coordinates 27.47°N, 89.64°E. It is the capital city of Bhutan.
Thimphu gets 13h 53m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 24m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Thimphu falls at about 12:01 on UTC+6 standard time, because the city sits 0.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Capital With No Traffic Lights: Thimphu is generally described as the only national capital with no traffic lights. A set was installed once and removed after complaints; a white-gloved policeman directs the main junction instead.