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Live local time
Merke, Kasachstan
07:27:28 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Almaty
Roads in Kazakhstan
Aktuelle Ortszeit
07:27:28 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
GMT+5
Asia/Almaty · UTC+05:00
Nächster Feiertag
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Merke right now
Nächster Flughafen
ALA
Almaty International Airport · 317 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
1
Curated airport references available for Kasachstan
Snapshot at render time: 07:27:28 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Merke (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
19°C, Overcast
Feels like 20°C · Humidity 68% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:02 AM to 07:06 PM
Day length 14h 4m · Solar noon 12:04 PM
Next country holiday
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Merke local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Microsoft Build 2026
keynoteDienstag, 2. Juni 2026
33 days to go
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3
release-gameFreitag, 5. Juni 2026
36 days to go
Summer Game Fest 2026
keynoteFreitag, 5. Juni 2026
36 days to go
EU Pay Transparency Directive — Transposition Deadline
regulatorySonntag, 7. Juni 2026
38 days to go
Peru 2026 Presidential Election Runoff
electionSonntag, 7. Juni 2026
38 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSonntag, 7. Juni 2026
38 days to go
Population
15.9K
Coordinates
42.87, 73.20
Timezone
Asia/Almaty
Indexierte Flughäfen
1
Capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Local time in Merke runs on the GMT+5, UTC+05:00 clock; with roughly 15.9K residents the city (rank #82 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Kasachstan.
Merke sits at 42.87°N, 73.20°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4759 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:02 AM and sets around 07:06 PM in Merke — about 14h 4m of daylight. Kasachstan stays on standard time here, so UTC+05:00 is stable through the year.
Kara-Balta (54 km from Merke) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Kasachstan.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Kazakhstan People's Unity Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Merke.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
GMT+5
IANA Zone
Asia/Almaty
UTC Offset
UTC+05:00
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 Merke.
A list of roads in Kazakhstan.
Reading Merke against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,555 km), London (~5,386 km), Singapore (~5,528 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~14,155 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Merke sits inside Kasachstan — the Central Asia subregion, capital Astana, languages Kazakh, Russian, currency KZT (₸).
The closest mapped neighbors of Merke are Kara-Balta (54 km), Belovodskoye (74 km), Talas (87 km), Shu (94 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Merke: 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 Merke: ALA Almaty (317 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Almaty International AirportALA
Almaty · 317 km from Merke
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
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 | 03:27 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 10:27 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 07:27 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:27 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:27 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:27 PM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:27 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:27 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
Merke liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Almaty (GMT+5), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +05:00.
Merke beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Merke ist UTC+05:00.
Merke sits at 42.87°N, 73.20°E in Kasachstan, with about 15.9K residents (rank #82 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Merke is Dubai, about 2,555 km away as the crow flies.
Kara-Balta is the closest indexed city, roughly 54 km from Merke.
Almaty International Airport (ALA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 317 km from Merke.
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kasachstan, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
