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Live local time
Aktau, Kasachstan
07:12:45 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Aqtau
Aktau
City in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan
Aktuelle Ortszeit
07:12:45 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
Asia/Aqtau
Asia/Aqtau · UTC
Nächster Feiertag
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Aktau right now
Nächster Flughafen
ALA
Almaty International Airport · 2078 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
1
Curated airport references available for Kasachstan
Snapshot at render time: 07:12:45 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Aktau (UTC, Asia/Aqtau).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
15°C, Clear sky
Feels like 12°C · Humidity 73% · Wind 15 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:28 AM to 08:36 PM
Day length 14h 8m · Solar noon 01:32 PM
Next country holiday
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Aktau local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
147.4K
Coordinates
43.66, 51.17
Timezone
Asia/Aqtau
Indexierte Flughäfen
1
Capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Read time for Aktau from the Asia/Aqtau zone (Asia/Aqtau); the city carries roughly 147.4K residents and ranks #18 among curated Kasachstan entries.
Geographically, Aktau is at 43.66°N, 51.17°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes, about 4846 km from the equator, with clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 06:28 AM and sets around 08:36 PM in Aktau — about 14h 8m of daylight. Kasachstan stays on standard time here, so UTC is stable through the year.
Mangistau (12 km from Aktau) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Kasachstan.
On 2026-05-01, Kazakhstan People's Unity Day is the next holiday flag for Aktau — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
IANA Zone
Asia/Aqtau
UTC Offset
UTC
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
London
-4h
New York
-9h
Los Angeles
-12h
Dubai
-1h
Singapore
+3h
Tokyo
+4h
Sydney
+5h
São Paulo
-8h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Aktau.
Aktau is a major port city in southwestern Kazakhstan, on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Aktau is on the Mangyshlak Peninsula in the Mangystau Region.
From Aktau the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~2,086 km), London (~3,861 km), Singapore (~6,997 km), while Sydney sits about 13,266 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Aktau sits inside Kasachstan — the Central Asia subregion, capital Astana, languages Kazakh, Russian, currency KZT (₸).
Mangistau (12 km), Zhanaozen (141 km), Izberbash (294 km), Derbent (295 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Aktau — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Aktau: Kazakhstan People's Unity Day, Defender of the Fatherland Day, Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kasachstan.
Closest curated airport references from Aktau: ALA Almaty (2078 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Almaty International AirportALA
Almaty · 2078 km from Aktau
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 3h 25m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:12 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 10:12 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 07:12 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:12 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:12 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:12 PM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:12 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:12 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
Aktau liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Aqtau (), mit einem UTC-Versatz von .
Aktau beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Aktau ist UTC.
Aktau sits at 43.66°N, 51.17°E in Kasachstan, with about 147.4K residents (rank #18 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Aktau is Dubai, about 2,086 km away as the crow flies.
Mangistau is the closest indexed city, roughly 12 km from Aktau.
Almaty International Airport (ALA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 2078 km from Aktau.
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kasachstan, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
