Indexed entity
Herāt is the herat-AF record in Afghanistan: country slug afghanistan, city slug herat, ISO AF, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Kabul.
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Live local time
Herāt, Afghanistan
03:14:39 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Kabul
Quick answer
It is currently 03:14:39 PM (AFT, UTC+04:30) in Herāt, Afghanistan — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
28°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
36°C
23°C
Wed
35°C
20°C
Thu
36°C
20°C
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
AFN
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:09 AM
Sunset
07:28 PM
Day length
14h 19m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Herāt, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:44 AM UTC.
Current local time
03:14:39 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
AFT
Asia/Kabul · UTC+04:30
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Herāt right now
Nearest airport
KBL
Kabul International Airport · 643 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Afghanistan
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Herāt, Afghanistan.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 15:14 GMT+4:30
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Herāt is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+04:30
Zone label
GMT+4:30
London
11:44 AM / -3h 30m
Dubai
02:44 PM / -0h 30m
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
KBL Kabul, 643 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:09 AM to 07:28 PM, with solar noon around 12:19 PM and total daylight of 14h 19m.
Mapped location
34.35°N, 62.20°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:44 AM / -3h 30m
Good live-call window with Herāt right now.
New York
06:44 AM / -8h 30m
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -11h 30m
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:44 PM / -0h 30m
Good live-call window with Herāt right now.
Singapore
06:44 PM / +3h 30m
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Herāt.
KBL · Kabul International Airport
Kabul
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Kabul for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+04:30; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+04:30.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Herāt right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: KBL Kabul, 643 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Kabul. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Herāt has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Herāt.
Canonical route
/time/afghanistan/herat/
Catalog identity
herat-AF · AF · Asia
Coordinate cell
34.35°N, 62.20°E · lat 34.348 · lon 62.200 · cell 3435:6220
Population record
574,300 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Asia/Kabul · GMT+4:30 · UTC+04:30
January / July offsets
UTC+04:30 / UTC+04:30
Nearest indexed neighbor
Mashhad, Iran · 320 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 1,216 km
Closest airport references
KBL Kabul 643 km
Zone peer roster
Kabul, Afghanistan · Kandahār, Afghanistan · Mazār-e Sharīf, Afghanistan
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Herāt: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Herāt is the herat-AF record in Afghanistan: country slug afghanistan, city slug herat, ISO AF, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Kabul.
34.35°N, 62.20°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 34 and longitude band 62; exact decimal pair 34.34817, 62.19967.
Afghanistan: official name Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; capital Kabul; region Asia; subregion Southern Asia; country population 43,844,000; area 652,230 km²; languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen; currencies AFN Afghan afghani. This is the country layer behind the Herāt clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 35 and 50 million. Source: Wikipedia.
Mashhad [mashhad-IR, IR, Asia/Tehran, 320 km]; Mary [mary-TM, TM, Asia/Ashgabat, 362 km]; Kandahār [kandahar-AF, AF, Asia/Kabul, 447 km]; Mazār-e Sharīf [mazar-e-sharif-AF, AF, Asia/Kabul, 516 km]; Ashgabat [ashgabat-TM, TM, Asia/Ashgabat, 527 km]; Kabul [kabul-AF, AF, Asia/Kabul, 640 km]; Samarkand [samarkand-UZ, UZ, Asia/Tashkent, 726 km]; Dushanbe [dushanbe-TJ, TJ, Asia/Dushanbe, 750 km]
Herāt is part of this indexed country cluster: Kabul [kabul-AF, Asia/Kabul, pop 4,434,550]; Herāt [herat-AF, Asia/Kabul, pop 574,300]; Kandahār [kandahar-AF, Asia/Kabul, pop 523,300]; Mazār-e Sharīf [mazar-e-sharif-AF, Asia/Kabul, pop 523,300].
Dubai 1,216 km; London 5,241 km; Singapore 5,663 km; Tokyo 6,856 km; New York 10,541 km; Sydney 11,966 km; Los Angeles 12,409 km; São Paulo 13,123 km
KBL Kabul International Airport in Kabul [AF, 643 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include KBL Kabul International Airport in Kabul [AF].
Herāt renders Jun 2, 2026 · 15:14 GMT+4:30; GMT+4:30 at UTC+04:30; January UTC+04:30; July UTC+04:30; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Herāt.
Herāt is a context-and-reference city; rank #2 of 4 retained Afghanistan city pages. The route is /time/afghanistan/herat/ and the city id is herat-AF.
Herāt has 14 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Herāt is pinned at 34.35°N, 62.20°E; Mashhad (320 km); Dubai (1,216 km).
Asia/Kabul resolves to stable UTC+04:30 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Afghanistan.
KBL Kabul International Airport (643 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 1 country airport reference · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Herāt uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Herat: Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Herat Province. It has long been the third-largest city of Afghanistan. The city is within the jurisdiction of Herat District and has an estimated population of 673,273 settled residents. Mullah Nematullah Hassan is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Haji Abdulraziq Rashed.
Afghanistan adopted UTC+4:30 in 1944/45 and has retained this half-hour offset without DST ever since.
Afghanistan adopted UTC+4:30 in 1944/45 and has retained this half-hour offset without DST ever since.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+04:30) is constant year-round.
Herāt is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4.5 hours ahead of UTC (offset +04:30). 3.5 hours ahead of London, 4.5 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 62.20°, Herāt's mean solar noon falls about 21 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 16 (14h 27m)
Shortest day
Dec 19 (9h 51m)
Year-round average
12h 11m
Annual swing
4h 36m
See the full daylight curve for Herāt at /sun/herat/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Herāt local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Herāt |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 17:30 - 01:30 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 12:30 - 20:30 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 11:30 - 19:30 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 09:30 - 17:30 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 05:30 - 13:30 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 05:30 - 13:30 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 04:30 - 12:30 |
Reference fields include Herāt's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 03:14:39 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Herāt (UTC+04:30, AFT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:09 AM to 07:28 PM
Day length 14h 19m · Solar noon 12:19 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Herāt local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
574.3K
Coordinates
34.35, 62.20
Timezone
Asia/Kabul
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Kabul
Languages
Dari, Pashto
Currency
AFN (؋)
Country area
652,230 km²
Herāt, Afghanistan (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Kabul (AFT, UTC+04:30); population ~574.3K.
Coordinates: 34.35°N, 62.20°E. Northern Hemisphere subtropics, ~3813 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:09 AM and sets around 07:28 PM in Herāt — about 14h 19m of daylight. Afghanistan stays on standard time here, so UTC+04:30 is stable through the year.
Mashhad (320 km from Herāt) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Afghanistan.
Herāt is indexed as a Asia city in the AF country record, using Asia/Kabul as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/afghanistan/herat/.
Location context: 34.35°N, 62.20°E; population 574,300; nearest indexed city Mashhad is about 320 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 1,216 km away.
Country planning context: capital Kabul; subregion Southern Asia; languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen; currency AFN (؋); area 652,230 km²; 1 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Afghanistan adopted UTC+4:30 in 1944/45 and has retained this half-hour offset without DST ever since.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+04:30) is constant year-round.
Herāt is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4.5 hours ahead of UTC (offset +04:30). 3.5 hours ahead of London, 4.5 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 62.20°, Herāt's mean solar noon falls about 21 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Herāt sits at 34.35°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 18 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 42 minutes on the December solstice.
Sizeable city with about 574 thousand residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Herāt: Kabul (same time), San Francisco (−11.5h), Los Angeles (−11.5h), Tokyo (+4.5h), New York City (−8.5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
afghanistan
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
AFT
IANA Zone
Asia/Kabul
UTC Offset
UTC+04:30
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+04:30
Afghanistan
Other cities in this timezone
London
-3h 30m
New York
-8h 30m
Los Angeles
-11h 30m
Dubai
-0h 30m
Singapore
+3h 30m
Tokyo
+4h 30m
Sydney
+5h 30m
São Paulo
-7h 30m
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 Herāt.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Herāt: closest hubs Dubai (~1,216 km), London (~5,241 km), Singapore (~5,663 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~13,123 km).
Herāt sits inside Afghanistan — the Southern Asia subregion, capital Kabul, languages Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, currency AFN (؋).
Closest indexed cities to Herāt: Mashhad (320 km), Mary (362 km), Kandahār (447 km), Mazār-e Sharīf (516 km).
Closest curated airport references from Herāt: KBL Kabul (643 km).
Kabul International AirportKBL
Kabul · 643 km from Herāt
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 34m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:44 AM | -3h 30m | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:44 AM | -8h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:44 AM | -11h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:44 PM | -0h 30m | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:44 PM | +3h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:44 PM | +4h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:44 PM | +5h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:44 AM | -7h 30m | Check the overlap widget below |
Herāt is in the Asia/Kabul timezone (AFT), with a UTC offset of +04:30.
Herāt does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+04:30 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Herāt is UTC+04:30.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Herāt, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 15:14 GMT+4:30. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Herāt sits at 34.35°N, 62.20°E in Afghanistan, with about 574.3K residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Herāt is Dubai, about 1,216 km away as the crow flies.
Mashhad is the closest indexed city, roughly 320 km from Herāt.
Kabul International Airport (KBL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 643 km from Herāt.
Herāt uses Afghan afghani (AFN, symbol ؋) as the local currency of Afghanistan.
The longest day of 2026 in Herāt falls on Jun 16 with about 14h 27m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 19 with 9h 51m; the year-round average is 12h 11m.
In Herāt local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 17:30-01:30 (next day); London 12:30-20:30; Frankfurt 11:30-19:30; Dubai 09:30-17:30. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.