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Shymkent, Kazakistan
07:28:13 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Almaty
Shymkent
City in Kazakhstan
Ora locale attuale
07:28:13 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuso orario
GMT+5
Asia/Almaty · UTC+05:00
Prossima festività
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Shymkent right now
Aeroporto più vicino
ALA
Almaty International Airport · 618 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
1
Curated airport references available for Kazakistan
Snapshot at render time: 07:28:13 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Shymkent (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
22°C, Clear sky
Feels like 22°C · Humidity 65% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:18 AM to 07:19 PM
Day length 14h 1m · Solar noon 12:19 PM
Next country holiday
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Shymkent local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.2M
Coordinates
42.31, 69.60
Timezone
Asia/Almaty
Aeroporti indicizzati
1
Capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Shymkent (rank #2 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00) with roughly 1.2M residents, anchoring local-time questions for Kazakistan.
Shymkent sits at 42.31°N, 69.60°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4696 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:18 AM and sets around 07:19 PM in Shymkent — about 14h 1m of daylight. Kazakistan stays on standard time here, so UTC+05:00 is stable through the year.
Aksu (22 km from Shymkent) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Kazakistan.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Kazakhstan People's Unity Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Shymkent.
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 Shymkent.
Shymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of June 2018, Shymkent had an estimated population of 1,002,291, making it the third-most populous city in the country, after Almaty and Astana.
Reading Shymkent against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,311 km), London (~5,188 km), Singapore (~5,688 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~13,861 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Shymkent sits inside Kazakistan — the Central Asia subregion, capital Astana, languages Kazakh, Russian, currency KZT (₸).
The closest mapped neighbors of Shymkent are Aksu (22 km), Lenger (27 km), Turar Ryskulov (66 km), Arys (66 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Shymkent: 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 Kazakistan.
Closest curated airport references from Shymkent: ALA Almaty (618 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Almaty International AirportALA
Almaty · 618 km from Shymkent
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 33m
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 |
Shymkent si trova nel fuso orario Asia/Almaty (GMT+5), con uno scostamento UTC di +05:00.
Shymkent non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Shymkent è UTC+05:00.
Shymkent sits at 42.31°N, 69.60°E in Kazakistan, with about 1.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Shymkent is Dubai, about 2,311 km away as the crow flies.
Aksu is the closest indexed city, roughly 22 km from Shymkent.
Almaty International Airport (ALA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 618 km from Shymkent.
Kazakhstan People's Unity Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kazakistan, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.
