Current Time in Afghanistan
Afghanistan uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Afghanistan
It's 12:45 AM AFT (UTC+04:30) in Afghanistan on Friday, 6 November 2026.
Afghanistan does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+4:30 all year.
- Time zone
- Afghanistan Time
- IANA: Asia/Kabul
- UTC offset now
- UTC+04:30 (AFT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+4:30 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Kabul
Herāt
Kandahār
Mazār-e Sharīf
How Afghanistan writes dates and times
- Date format
- YYYY/MM/DD
- year-month-day, e.g. 1405/09/04 · ۴ قوس ۱۴۰۵
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Saturday
- Weekend: Thursday and Friday
- Calendar
- persian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the fa-AF locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Afghanistan
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Afghanistan time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 8:15 PM | 4 h 30 min behind | 3 h 30 min (13:30–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 3:15 PM | 9 h 30 min behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 12:15 PM | 12 h 30 min behind | None |
| Dubai | Fri 12:15 AM | 30 min behind | 7 h 30 min (09:30–17:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 4:15 AM | 3 h 30 min ahead | 4 h 30 min (09:00–13:30) |
| Tokyo | Fri 5:15 AM | 4 h 30 min ahead | 3 h 30 min (09:00–12:30) |
| Sydney | Fri 7:15 AM | 6 h 30 min ahead | 1 h 30 min (09:00–10:30) |
| São Paulo | Thu 5:15 PM | 7 h 30 min behind | 0 h 30 min (16:30–17:00) |
Afghanistan at a glance
- Capital
- Kabul
- Population
- 43,844,000
- Currency
- Afghan afghani (AFN)
Questions about time in Afghanistan
- What time is it in Afghanistan right now?
- When this page was generated it was 12:45 AM AFT (UTC+04:30) in Afghanistan.
- How many time zones does Afghanistan have?
- Afghanistan uses one time zone, Afghanistan Time (IANA ID Asia/Kabul).
- Does Afghanistan observe daylight saving time?
- No. Afghanistan does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+4:30 all year.