Indexed entity
Kathmandu is the kathmandu-NP record in Nepal: country slug nepal, city slug kathmandu, ISO NP, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Kathmandu.
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Live local time
Kathmandu, Nepal
03:48:25 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Kathmandu
Quick answer
It is currently 03:48:25 PM (NPT, UTC+05:45) in Kathmandu, Nepal — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
25°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
26°C
17°C
99% rain
Wed
27°C
17°C
100% rain
Thu
26°C
18°C
100% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
NPR
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
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Today
Sunrise
05:08 AM
Sunset
06:55 PM
Day length
13h 47m
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 Kathmandu, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:03 AM UTC.
Current local time
03:48:25 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
NPT
Asia/Kathmandu · UTC+05:45
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kathmandu right now
Nearest airport
KTM
Tribhuvan International Airport · 4 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Nepal
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Kathmandu, Nepal.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 15:48 GMT+5:45
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Kathmandu is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+05:45
Zone label
GMT+5:45
London
11:03 AM / -4h 45m
Dubai
02:03 PM / -1h 45m
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
KTM Kathmandu, 4 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:08 AM to 06:55 PM, with solar noon around 12:02 PM and total daylight of 13h 47m.
Mapped location
27.70°N, 85.32°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:03 AM / -4h 45m
Good live-call window with Kathmandu right now.
New York
06:03 AM / -9h 45m
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:03 AM / -12h 45m
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:03 PM / -1h 45m
Good live-call window with Kathmandu right now.
Singapore
06:03 PM / +2h 15m
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 Kathmandu.
KTM · Tribhuvan International Airport
Kathmandu
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Kathmandu for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+05:45; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+05:45.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Kathmandu right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: KTM Kathmandu, 4 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Kathmandu. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu.
Canonical route
/time/nepal/kathmandu/
Catalog identity
kathmandu-NP · NP · Asia
Coordinate cell
27.70°N, 85.32°E · lat 27.702 · lon 85.321 · cell 2770:8532
Population record
1,442,271 residents · country rank 1
Zone snapshot
Asia/Kathmandu · GMT+5:45 · UTC+05:45
January / July offsets
UTC+05:45 / UTC+05:45
Nearest indexed neighbor
Pātan, Nepal · 3 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 2,997 km
Closest airport references
KTM Kathmandu 4 km
Zone peer roster
Pokhara, Nepal · Bharatpur, Nepal · Pātan, Nepal
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Kathmandu: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Kathmandu is the kathmandu-NP record in Nepal: country slug nepal, city slug kathmandu, ISO NP, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Kathmandu.
27.70°N, 85.32°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 27 and longitude band 85; exact decimal pair 27.70169, 85.32060.
Nepal: official name Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal; capital Kathmandu; region Asia; subregion Southern Asia; country population 29,911,840; area 147,181 km²; languages Nepali; currencies NPR Nepalese rupee. This is the country layer behind the Kathmandu clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Nepal: Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point above mean sea level on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural sovereign state, with Nepali as the official language. Source: Wikipedia.
Pātan [patan-NP, NP, Asia/Kathmandu, 3 km]; Bharatpur [bharatpur-NP, NP, Asia/Kathmandu, 87 km]; Pokhara [pokhara-NP, NP, Asia/Kathmandu, 147 km]; Phuntsholing [phuntsholing-BT, BT, Asia/Thimphu, 413 km]; Thimphu [thimphu-BT, BT, Asia/Thimphu, 427 km]; Punākha [punakha-BT, BT, Asia/Thimphu, 449 km]; Tsirang [tsirang-BT, BT, Asia/Thimphu, 480 km]; Gazipur [gazipur-BD, BD, Asia/Dhaka, 656 km]
Kathmandu is part of this indexed country cluster: Kathmandu [kathmandu-NP, Asia/Kathmandu, pop 1,442,271]; Pokhara [pokhara-NP, Asia/Kathmandu, pop 600,051]; Bharatpur [bharatpur-NP, Asia/Kathmandu, pop 369,377]; Pātan [patan-NP, Asia/Kathmandu, pop 299,283].
Dubai 2,997 km; Singapore 3,530 km; Tokyo 5,152 km; London 7,333 km; Sydney 9,745 km; New York 12,114 km; Los Angeles 12,714 km; São Paulo 15,206 km
KTM Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu [NP, 4 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include KTM Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu [NP].
Kathmandu renders Jun 2, 2026 · 15:48 GMT+5:45; GMT+5:45 at UTC+05:45; January UTC+05:45; July UTC+05:45; next holiday not currently surfaced.
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 Kathmandu.
Kathmandu is a manual-dossier city; rank #1 of 4 retained Nepal city pages. The route is /time/nepal/kathmandu/ and the city id is kathmandu-NP.
Kathmandu has 15 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.
Kathmandu is pinned at 27.70°N, 85.32°E; Pātan (3 km); Dubai (2,997 km).
Asia/Kathmandu resolves to stable UTC+05:45 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Nepal.
KTM Tribhuvan International Airport (4 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 1 country airport reference · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Kathmandu 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.
Kathmandu: Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The city stands at an elevation of 1,324 metres (4,344 ft) above sea level.
Nepal adopted UTC+5:45 in 1986, one of only two zones worldwide using a 45-minute offset from UTC.
Nepal adopted UTC+5:45 in 1986, one of only two zones worldwide using a 45-minute offset from UTC.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+05:45) is constant year-round.
Kathmandu is listed in the dataset snapshot as 5.75 hours ahead of UTC (offset +05:45). 4.75 hours ahead of London, 3.25 hours behind Tokyo.
Kathmandu sits at 27.70°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 45 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 15 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 18 (13h 54m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (10h 23m)
Year-round average
12h 10m
Annual swing
3h 31m
See the full daylight curve for Kathmandu at /sun/kathmandu/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Kathmandu local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Kathmandu |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 18:45 - 02:45 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 13:45 - 21:45 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 12:45 - 20:45 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 10:45 - 18:45 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 09:15 - 17:15 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 06:45 - 14:45 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 06:45 - 14:45 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 05:45 - 13:45 |
Capital status
National capital of Nepal
Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of Nepal, with about 1.4 million residents in the city proper, set in the Kathmandu Valley at roughly 1,400 metres above sea level in the foothills of the Himalayas. The city observes Nepal Standard Time (NPT, UTC+5:45), one of only a handful of time zones in the world with a 45-minute offset, fixed year-round with no daylight saving. The historic and cultural heart of Nepal, the Kathmandu Valley contains seven monument zones inscribed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, including the Durbar Squares and the Boudhanath and Swayambhunath stupas. The city is the country's main political, economic, and tourism centre and the gateway for Himalayan trekking.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Kathmandu's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 03:48:25 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Kathmandu (UTC+05:45, NPT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:08 AM to 06:55 PM
Day length 13h 47m · Solar noon 12:02 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kathmandu local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.4M
Coordinates
27.70, 85.32
Timezone
Asia/Kathmandu
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Kathmandu
Languages
Nepali
Currency
NPR (₨)
Country area
147,181 km²
Kathmandu, Nepal (population rank #1 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Kathmandu (NPT, UTC+05:45); population ~1.4M.
Coordinates: 27.70°N, 85.32°E. Northern Hemisphere subtropics, ~3075 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:08 AM and sets around 06:55 PM in Kathmandu — about 13h 47m of daylight. Nepal stays on standard time here, so UTC+05:45 is stable through the year.
Pātan (3 km from Kathmandu) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Nepal.
Kathmandu is indexed as a Asia city in the NP country record, using Asia/Kathmandu as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/nepal/kathmandu/.
Location context: 27.70°N, 85.32°E; population 1,442,271; nearest indexed city Pātan is about 3 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 2,997 km away.
Country planning context: capital Kathmandu; subregion Southern Asia; languages Nepali; currency NPR (₨); area 147,181 km²; 1 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Nepal adopted UTC+5:45 in 1986, one of only two zones worldwide using a 45-minute offset from UTC.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+05:45) is constant year-round.
Kathmandu is listed in the dataset snapshot as 5.75 hours ahead of UTC (offset +05:45). 4.75 hours ahead of London, 3.25 hours behind Tokyo.
Kathmandu sits at 27.70°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 45 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 15 minutes on the December solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.4 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Kathmandu: Pokhara (same time), San Francisco (−12.75h), Los Angeles (−12.75h), Dubai (−1.75h), Hong Kong (+2.25h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
nepal
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
NPT
IANA Zone
Asia/Kathmandu
UTC Offset
UTC+05:45
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
London
-4h 45m
New York
-9h 45m
Los Angeles
-12h 45m
Dubai
-1h 45m
Singapore
+2h 15m
Tokyo
+3h 15m
Sydney
+4h 15m
São Paulo
-8h 45m
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 Kathmandu.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Kathmandu: closest hubs Dubai (~2,997 km), Singapore (~3,530 km), Tokyo (~5,152 km); farthest indexed hub São Paulo (~15,206 km).
Kathmandu sits inside Nepal — the Southern Asia subregion, capital Kathmandu, languages Nepali, currency NPR (₨).
Closest indexed cities to Kathmandu: Pātan (3 km), Bharatpur (87 km), Pokhara (147 km), Phuntsholing (413 km).
Closest curated airport references from Kathmandu: KTM Kathmandu (4 km).
Tribhuvan International AirportKTM
Kathmandu · 4 km from Kathmandu
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
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 | 11:03 AM | -4h 45m | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:03 AM | -9h 45m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:03 AM | -12h 45m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:03 PM | -1h 45m | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:03 PM | +2h 15m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:03 PM | +3h 15m | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:03 PM | +4h 15m | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:03 AM | -8h 45m | Check the overlap widget below |
Kathmandu is in the Asia/Kathmandu timezone (NPT), with a UTC offset of +05:45.
Kathmandu does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+05:45 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Kathmandu is UTC+05:45.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Kathmandu, 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 · 15:48 GMT+5:45. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Kathmandu sits at 27.70°N, 85.32°E in Nepal, with about 1.4M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kathmandu is Dubai, about 2,997 km away as the crow flies.
Pātan is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Kathmandu.
Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) is the closest curated airport reference, about 4 km from Kathmandu.
Kathmandu uses Nepalese rupee (NPR, symbol ₨) as the local currency of Nepal.
The longest day of 2026 in Kathmandu falls on Jun 18 with about 13h 54m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 10h 23m; the year-round average is 12h 10m.
In Kathmandu local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 18:45-02:45 (next day); London 13:45-21:45; Frankfurt 12:45-20:45; Dubai 10:45-18:45. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.