Time ZonesAbout this time zone
Aqtobe is one of the 7 time zone areas of Kazakhstan. Computers and phones know it by the zone name Asia/Aqtobe. Its time is UTC+5, which means it is 5 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) all year round. Compared with India (IST), it is 30 minutes behind India.
Clock changes in 2026 and 2027
Aqtobe does not change its clocks in 2026 or 2027. The time stays at UTC+5 all year, so there is no daylight saving time to remember.
Time difference with major cities
| When it is 12:00 noon in Aqtobe, it is | In January 2026 | In July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| India | 12:30 pm30 minutes ahead | 12:30 pm30 minutes ahead |
| United Kingdom | 7:00 am5 hours behind | 8:00 am4 hours behind |
| France | 8:00 am4 hours behind | 9:00 am3 hours behind |
| New York, United States | 2:00 am10 hours behind | 3:00 am9 hours behind |
| Chicago, United States | 1:00 am11 hours behind | 2:00 am10 hours behind |
| Los Angeles, United States | 11:00 pm previous day13 hours behind | 12:00 am12 hours behind |
| United Arab Emirates | 11:00 am1 hour behind | 11:00 am1 hour behind |
| Singapore | 3:00 pm3 hours ahead | 3:00 pm3 hours ahead |
| Japan | 4:00 pm4 hours ahead | 4:00 pm4 hours ahead |
| Sydney, Australia | 6:00 pm6 hours ahead | 5:00 pm5 hours ahead |
The table uses the offsets in force in mid January and mid July 2026. Use the converter for any other date.
Clock time and sun time in Aqtobe
A time zone is an agreement, and the sun does not follow it exactly. Aktobe, the largest city in this zone, lies at about 57.2° east. Each degree of longitude is worth four minutes, so by the sun alone its time would be about 3 hours 49 minutes ahead of UTC. The clock is set to UTC+5. The sun is therefore highest in the sky at about 1:11 pm by the clock, not at 12:00. The clock runs ahead of the sun here, which means later sunrises and lighter evenings than the map alone would give. Other places in the zone, to the east or west of Aktobe, see the sun peak a little earlier or later. Through the year the figure also drifts by up to a quarter of an hour either way.
How long the day is
Aktobe is about 50.3° north of the equator. On the longest day of the year, around 21 June, the sun is up for about 16 hours 25 minutes. On the shortest, around 21 December, for about 8 hours 2 minutes. That is a swing of about 8 hours 24 minutes between summer and winter, yet the clocks here stay the same all year.
Office hours shared with other places
If both sides work from 9 am to 6 pm, these are the hours when a call falls inside the working day at both ends. Times are for Aqtobe.
- With India, all year: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm here, which is 9:30 am to 6:00 pm in India (8 hours 30 minutes shared).
- With London, in January: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm here, which is 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in London (4 hours shared). In July: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm here, which is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm in London (5 hours shared).
- With New York, in January: no shared office hour: 9:00 am here is 11:00 pm in New York, and 6:00 pm here is 8:00 am there, so one side has to start early or stay late. In July: no shared office hour: 9:00 am here is 12:00 am in New York, and 6:00 pm here is 9:00 am there, so one side has to start early or stay late.
How many people keep this time
The GeoNames list has 5 towns and cities of 15,000 people or more in this zone area, with about 599,000 people between them. People in villages and smaller towns are not in that count, so the true number on this clock is higher.
Cities that keep this time
The largest cities in this zone: Aktobe, Kandyagash, Shalqar, Khromtau, Embi.
Places with exactly the same time
These zones show the same time as Aqtobe through the whole year: Almaty, Kazakhstan, Aqtau, Kazakhstan, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Atyrau, Kazakhstan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Karachi, Pakistan, Oral, Kazakhstan, Qostanay, Kazakhstan, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Kerguelen, French Southern Territories, Maldives.
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