Indexed entity
Almaty is the almaty-KZ record in Kazakhstan: country slug kazakhstan, city slug almaty, ISO KZ, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Almaty.
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Live local time
Almaty, Kazakhstan
03:44:50 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Almaty
Quick answer
It is currently 03:44:50 PM (GMT+5, UTC+05:00) in Almaty, Kazakhstan — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
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Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
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Wed
26°C
13°C
84% rain
Thu
22°C
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In 34 days
Астана күні (Capital City Day)
Mon, Jul 6, 2026
PublicIn 89 days
Конституция күні (Constitution Day)
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
PublicIn 145 days
Республика күні (Republic Day)
Sun, Oct 25, 2026
PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
KZT
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Today
Sunrise
04:14 AM
Sunset
07:26 PM
Day length
15h 12m
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 Almaty, 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
03:44:50 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
GMT+5
Asia/Almaty · UTC+05:00
Next holiday
Capital City Day
Monday, July 6, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Almaty right now
Nearest airport
ALA
Almaty International Airport · 16 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Kazakhstan
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 15:44 GMT+5
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Almaty is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+05:00
Zone label
GMT+5
London
11:44 AM / -4h
Dubai
02:44 PM / -1h
Schedule risk
Capital City Day on Monday, July 6, 2026
Travel cue
ALA Almaty, 16 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 04:14 AM to 07:26 PM, with solar noon around 11:50 AM and total daylight of 15h 12m.
Mapped location
43.25°N, 76.91°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:44 AM / -4h
Good live-call window with Almaty right now.
New York
06:44 AM / -9h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:44 AM / -12h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:44 PM / -1h
Good live-call window with Almaty right now.
Singapore
06:44 PM / +3h
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 Almaty.
ALA · Almaty International Airport
Almaty
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Almaty for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+05:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+05:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Almaty right now.
Check local interruptions
Capital City Day on Monday, July 6, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: ALA Almaty, 16 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Almaty. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Almaty has no near-term DST change in view, but Capital City Day can still affect office coverage and local response times.
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 Almaty.
Canonical route
/time/kazakhstan/almaty/
Catalog identity
almaty-KZ · KZ · Asia
Coordinate cell
43.25°N, 76.91°E · lat 43.252 · lon 76.912 · cell 4325:7691
Population record
1,977,011 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Asia/Almaty · GMT+5 · UTC+05:00
January / July offsets
UTC+05:00 / UTC+05:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan · 147 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 2,809 km
Closest airport references
ALA Almaty 16 km
Zone peer roster
Shymkent, Kazakhstan · Aktobe, Kazakhstan · Karagandy, Kazakhstan
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Almaty: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Almaty is the almaty-KZ record in Kazakhstan: country slug kazakhstan, city slug almaty, ISO KZ, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Almaty.
43.25°N, 76.91°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 43 and longitude band 76; exact decimal pair 43.25249, 76.91150.
Kazakhstan: official name Republic of Kazakhstan; capital Astana; region Asia; subregion Central Asia; country population 20,426,568; area 2,724,900 km²; languages Kazakh, Russian; currencies KZT Kazakhstani tenge. This is the country layer behind the Almaty clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country situated primarily in Central Asia, with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, and it has a coastline along the Caspian Sea. The capital is Astana and the country's largest city and principal cultural and economic center is Almaty, which served as the capital until 1997. Source: Wikipedia.
Karakol [karakol-KG, KG, Asia/Bishkek, 147 km]; Bishkek [bishkek-KG, KG, Asia/Bishkek, 193 km]; Aqsu [aqsu-CN, CN, Asia/Urumqi, 360 km]; Jalal-Abad [jalal-abad-KG, KG, Asia/Bishkek, 413 km]; Osh [osh-KG, KG, Asia/Bishkek, 456 km]; Andijon [andijon-UZ, UZ, Asia/Tashkent, 466 km]; Namangan [namangan-UZ, UZ, Asia/Tashkent, 499 km]; Shymkent [shymkent-KZ, KZ, Asia/Almaty, 606 km]
Almaty is part of this indexed country cluster: Almaty [almaty-KZ, Asia/Almaty, pop 1,977,011]; Shymkent [shymkent-KZ, Asia/Almaty, pop 1,200,000]; Aktobe [aktobe-KZ, Asia/Almaty, pop 500,757]; Karagandy [karagandy-KZ, Asia/Almaty, pop 497,777].
Dubai 2,809 km; Tokyo 5,325 km; Singapore 5,369 km; London 5,600 km; New York 10,234 km; Los Angeles 11,282 km; Sydney 11,409 km; São Paulo 14,455 km
ALA Almaty International Airport in Almaty [KZ, 16 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include ALA Almaty International Airport in Almaty [KZ].
Almaty renders Jun 2, 2026 · 15:44 GMT+5; GMT+5 at UTC+05:00; January UTC+05:00; July UTC+05:00; next holiday Capital City Day on 2026-07-06.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Almaty.
Almaty is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained Kazakhstan city pages. The route is /time/kazakhstan/almaty/ and the city id is almaty-KZ.
Almaty has 16 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.
Almaty is pinned at 43.25°N, 76.91°E; Karakol (147 km); Dubai (2,809 km).
Asia/Almaty resolves to stable UTC+05:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Kazakhstan.
ALA Almaty International Airport (16 km) · Capital City Day (Monday, July 6, 2026) · 1 country airport reference · 13 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Almaty 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.
Almaty: Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. It is located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in southern Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan. The city is nestled at an elevation of 700–900 metres, with the Big Almaty and Small Almaty rivers running through it, originating from the surrounding mountains and flowing into the plains. Almaty is the second-largest city in Central Asia and the fourth-largest in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+05:00) is constant year-round.
Almaty is listed in the dataset snapshot as 5 hours ahead of UTC (offset +05:00). 4 hours ahead of London, 4 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 76.91°, Almaty's mean solar noon falls about 8 minutes before civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run earlier on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Almaty sits at 43.25°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 13 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 47 minutes on the December solstice.
Almaty sits at 43.25°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 13 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 47 minutes on the December solstice.
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 20 (15h 24m)
Shortest day
Dec 20 (8h 58m)
Year-round average
12h 13m
Annual swing
6h 26m
See the full daylight curve for Almaty at /sun/almaty/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Almaty local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Almaty |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 18:00 - 02:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 13:00 - 21:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 12:00 - 20:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 08:30 - 16:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 05:00 - 13:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
13
Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million, and served as the national capital until 1997, when the seat of government moved to Astana. Since 1 March 2024, Kazakhstan has used a single nationwide time zone, and Almaty observes UTC+5 year-round with no daylight saving, a one-hour change from the city's former UTC+6. Set against the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in the southeast of the country, Almaty remains Kazakhstan's financial, cultural, and educational hub, hosting the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, major universities, and the headquarters of many domestic and international firms. The city's name derives from a word meaning rich in apples, and the surrounding region is considered part of the apple's native range.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Almaty's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 03:44:50 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Almaty (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
04:14 AM to 07:26 PM
Day length 15h 12m · Solar noon 11:50 AM
Next country holiday
Capital City Day
Monday, July 6, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Almaty local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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161 days to go
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34 days to go
Population
2M
Coordinates
43.25, 76.91
Timezone
Asia/Almaty
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Almaty, Kazakhstan (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00); population ~2M.
Coordinates: 43.25°N, 76.91°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~4801 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 04:14 AM and sets around 07:26 PM in Almaty — about 15h 12m of daylight. Kazakhstan stays on standard time here, so UTC+05:00 is stable through the year.
Karakol (147 km from Almaty) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Kazakhstan.
Next national holiday: Capital City Day, 2026-07-06.
Almaty is indexed as a Asia city in the KZ country record, using Asia/Almaty as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/kazakhstan/almaty/.
Location context: 43.25°N, 76.91°E; population 1,977,011; nearest indexed city Karakol is about 147 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 2,809 km away.
Country planning context: capital Astana; subregion Central Asia; languages Kazakh, Russian; currency KZT (₸); area 2,724,900 km²; 1 curated airport references; next holiday Capital City Day on 2026-07-06.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+05:00) is constant year-round.
Almaty is listed in the dataset snapshot as 5 hours ahead of UTC (offset +05:00). 4 hours ahead of London, 4 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 76.91°, Almaty's mean solar noon falls about 8 minutes before civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run earlier on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Almaty sits at 43.25°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 13 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 47 minutes on the December solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 2 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Almaty: Shymkent (same time), San Francisco (−12h), Los Angeles (−12h), New York City (−9h), Paris (−3h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
kazakhstan
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
GMT+5
IANA Zone
Asia/Almaty
UTC Offset
UTC+05:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
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 Almaty.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Almaty: closest hubs Dubai (~2,809 km), Tokyo (~5,325 km), Singapore (~5,369 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~14,455 km).
Almaty sits inside Kazakhstan — the Central Asia subregion, capital Astana, languages Kazakh, Russian, currency KZT (₸).
Closest indexed cities to Almaty: Karakol (147 km), Bishkek (193 km), Aqsu (360 km), Jalal-Abad (413 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Almaty: Capital City Day, Constitution Day, Republic Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kazakhstan.
Closest curated airport references from Almaty: ALA Almaty (16 km).
Almaty International AirportALA
Almaty · 16 km from Almaty
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
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 | -4h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:44 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:44 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:44 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:44 PM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:44 PM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:44 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:44 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
Almaty is in the Asia/Almaty timezone (GMT+5), with a UTC offset of +05:00.
Almaty does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+05:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Almaty is UTC+05:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Almaty, 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 · 15:44 GMT+5. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Almaty sits at 43.25°N, 76.91°E in Kazakhstan, with about 2M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Almaty is Dubai, about 2,809 km away as the crow flies.
Karakol is the closest indexed city, roughly 147 km from Almaty.
Almaty International Airport (ALA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 16 km from Almaty.
Capital City Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kazakhstan, on Monday, July 6, 2026.
Almaty uses Kazakhstani tenge (KZT, symbol ₸) as the local currency of Kazakhstan.
The longest day of 2026 in Almaty falls on Jun 20 with about 15h 24m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 20 with 8h 58m; the year-round average is 12h 13m.
In Almaty local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 18:00-02:00 (next day); London 13:00-21:00; Frankfurt 12:00-20:00; Dubai 10:00-18:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.