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Balqash, Kazajistán
07:28:05 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Almaty
Balkhash (city)
City in Qarağandy Region, Kazakhstan
Hora local actual
07:28:05 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
GMT+5
Asia/Almaty · UTC+05:00
Próximo festivo
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Balqash right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
ALA
Almaty International Airport · 421 km
Aeropuertos indexados
1
Curated airport references available for Kazajistán
Snapshot at render time: 07:28:05 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Balqash (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
21°C, Clear sky
Feels like 16°C · Humidity 21% · Wind 18 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
04:46 AM to 07:08 PM
Day length 14h 22m · Solar noon 11:57 AM
Next country holiday
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Balqash local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlunes, 25 de mayo de 2026
25 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemartes, 26 de mayo de 2026
26 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemiércoles, 27 de mayo de 2026
27 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicmiércoles, 27 de mayo de 2026
27 days to go
Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
spacedomingo, 31 de mayo de 2026
31 days to go
Colombia 2026 Presidential Election
electiondomingo, 31 de mayo de 2026
31 days to go
Population
81.4K
Coordinates
46.85, 74.98
Timezone
Asia/Almaty
Aeropuertos indexados
1
Capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Local time in Balqash runs on the GMT+5, UTC+05:00 clock; with roughly 81.4K residents the city (rank #24 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Kazajistán.
Balqash sits at 46.85°N, 74.98°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~5200 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 04:46 AM and sets around 07:08 PM in Balqash — about 14h 22m of daylight. Kazajistán stays on standard time here, so UTC+05:00 is stable through the year.
Ushtobe (292 km from Balqash) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Kazajistán.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Kazakhstan People's Unity Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Balqash.
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 Balqash.
Balkhash or Balqash is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the northern shore of Lake Balkhash, on the Bay Bertys, and in the south of the Kazakh Uplands. The population of the city is 68,833 ; 65,431.
Reading Balqash against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,971 km), London (~5,240 km), Tokyo (~5,388 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~14,269 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Balqash sits inside Kazajistán — the Central Asia subregion, capital Astana, languages Kazakh, Russian, currency KZT (₸).
The closest mapped neighbors of Balqash are Ushtobe (292 km), Taldykorgan (332 km), Abay (348 km), Karagandy (357 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Balqash: 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 Kazajistán.
Closest curated airport references from Balqash: ALA Almaty (421 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Almaty International AirportALA
Almaty · 421 km from Balqash
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 17m
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 | 03:28 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 10:28 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 07:28 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:28 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:28 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:28 PM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:28 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:28 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
Balqash está en la zona horaria Asia/Almaty (GMT+5), con un desfase UTC de +05:00.
Balqash no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Balqash es UTC+05:00.
Balqash sits at 46.85°N, 74.98°E in Kazajistán, with about 81.4K residents (rank #24 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Balqash is Dubai, about 2,971 km away as the crow flies.
Ushtobe is the closest indexed city, roughly 292 km from Balqash.
Almaty International Airport (ALA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 421 km from Balqash.
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kazajistán, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.
