Aqtau — Asia/Aqtau
The current local time in the Asia/Aqtau IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Kazakhstan in the area around Aqtau. The zone is currently at UTC +05:00 · GMT+5 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Asia/Aqtau
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+5
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +05:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Asia/Aqtau
Aqtau vs. major cities
How far Aqtau is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Aqtau, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Aqtau | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −12 h | 21:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | +0:30 h | 09:30 | 09:00–16:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
| Beijing · China | +3 h | 12:00 | 09:00–14:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Aqtau time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Aqtau
Since 1970, Aqtau has gone through 10 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 18 of 57 years. Since 2004 it has stayed on UTC +05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Aqtau stays on UTC +05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1980 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1981 | UTC +06:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1982 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983–1990 | UTC +05:00, DST UTC +06:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September (since 1985) |
| 1991 | UTC +04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1992 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1993 | UTC +05:00, DST UTC +06:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in September |
| 1994 | UTC +04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1995–2003 | UTC +04:00, DST UTC +05:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1996) |
| 2004–2026 | UTC +05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Zones on the same clock as Aqtau
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Asia/Aqtau on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Asia/Almaty Aqtobe Asia/Aqtobe Ashgabat Asia/Ashgabat Atyrau Asia/Atyrau Dushanbe Asia/Dushanbe Karachi Asia/Karachi Oral Asia/Oral Qostanay Asia/Qostanay Qyzylorda Asia/Qyzylorda Samarkand Asia/Samarkand Tashkent Asia/Tashkent Yekaterinburg Asia/Yekaterinburg Mawson Antarctica/Mawson Vostok Antarctica/Vostok Kerguelen Indian/Kerguelen Maldives Indian/Maldives More references for Asia/Aqtau
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