Karachi is located in Pakistan and uses the Asia/Karachi timezone, currently GMT+5 from UTC. Karachi does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:12 and sunset at 18:21 local time. The coordinates of Karachi are 24.86°N, 67.00°E.

Today Karachi gets 12 hours 9 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:17, about 17 minutes after clock noon.

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

Best time to call Karachi from…

From	Gap	Call at (Karachi time)
🇹🇯 Dushanbe	same time	09:00–17:00
🇦🇫 Kabul	−30m	10:00–17:00
🇺🇿 Tashkent	same time	09:00–17:00
🇰🇿 Astana	same time	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 Karachi in?›

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

Does Karachi observe daylight saving time?›

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

What is the UTC offset for Karachi?›

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

Is Karachi ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Karachi 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 Karachi in UTC?›

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

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

Today the sun rises in Karachi at 06:12 and sets at 18:21 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.