Almaty is located in Kazakhstan and uses the Asia/Almaty timezone, currently GMT+5 from UTC. Almaty does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:49 and sunset at 17:25 local time. The coordinates of Almaty are 43.22°N, 76.85°E.

Today Almaty gets 11 hours 36 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:37, about 23 minutes before clock noon.

Right now Almaty shares its GMT+5 offset with Yekaterinburg, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Tashkent, Astana. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Almaty from…

From	Gap	Call at (Almaty time)
🇮🇳 Chandigarh	+30m	09:00–17:00
🇮🇳 Delhi	+30m	09:00–17:00
🇮🇳 Kochi	+30m	09:00–17:00
🇮🇳 Bangalore	+30m	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	−5h	14:00–17:00
🇺🇸 New York	−9h	16:00–20:00 (early or late for one side)
🇸🇬 Singapore	+3h	09:00–14:00
🇦🇪 Dubai	−1h	10:00–17:00

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Almaty in?›

Almaty is in the Asia/Almaty timezone, currently GMT+5.

Does Almaty observe daylight saving time?›

No. Almaty does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+5.

What is the UTC offset for Almaty?›

Almaty is currently GMT+5 from UTC (GMT+5).

Is Almaty ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Almaty is 5 hours ahead of London and 9 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Almaty in UTC?›

09:00 in Almaty is 04:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+5 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Almaty today?›

Today the sun rises in Almaty at 05:49 and sets at 17:25 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.