Current time in Karachi
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, keeps Pakistan Standard Time at UTC+05:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Karachi
20:22:04
Asia/Karachi · UTC+05:00
Time zone in Karachi
Sunrise and sunset in Karachi
Sun and clock in Karachi
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Karachi comes at 12:32, because the city lies about 8° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Lahore, 1,030 km to the north-east, keeps the same clock, yet the sun crosses the meridian there 29 minutes earlier than in Karachi.
Daylight through the year in Karachi
Taipei (25.0°N) and Miami (25.8°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Karachi, so their days stay within 4 minutes of Karachi’s all year; the clock in Taipei is 3 h ahead of Karachi, and in Miami 9 h or 10 h behind Karachi, depending on the date.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:48 | 17:45 | 10 h 56 m |
| December 15 | 07:09 | 17:45 | 10 h 36 m |
| January 15 | 07:19 | 18:04 | 10 h 46 m |
| February 15 | 07:06 | 18:26 | 11 h 20 m |
| March 15 | 06:41 | 18:41 | 12 h 0 m |
| April 15 | 06:10 | 18:54 | 12 h 44 m |
| May 15 | 05:48 | 19:09 | 13 h 21 m |
| June 15 | 05:42 | 19:23 | 13 h 40 m |
| July 15 | 05:52 | 19:24 | 13 h 32 m |
| August 15 | 06:06 | 19:07 | 13 h 1 m |
| September 15 | 06:18 | 18:37 | 12 h 18 m |
| October 15 | 06:30 | 18:06 | 11 h 36 m |
When the clocks change in Karachi
Karachi has kept UTC+05:00 since November 1, 2009. The last time its clock showed anything else was from April 15, 2009 to November 1, 2009, when it ran at UTC+06:00. That was the last of 4 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Karachi’s own local mean time, UTC+04:28:12, kept until 1907.
Calling Karachi from another time zone
| Place | Karachi’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 04:00–12:00 | — | — |
| New York | 23:00–07:00 (previous day) | none | none all year |
| London | 04:00–12:00 | 3 h, 14:00–17:00 Karachi time | 3 h to 4 h |
| Tokyo | 13:00–21:00 | 4 h, 09:00–13:00 Karachi time | always 4 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Karachi, 25 listed cities, including Lima and Mexico City, are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, Auckland, Wellington and Suva have already reached Saturday.
Karachi compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Karachi | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 10 h behind | 10 h behind / 9 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 5 h behind | 5 h behind / 4 h behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 1 h behind | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 3 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 4 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 6 h ahead | 5 h ahead / 6 h ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep Asia/Karachi time: Lahore and Islamabad.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | 600 km east | 30 min ahead | 22 minutes earlier |
| Mumbai | 880 km south-east | 30 min ahead | 24 minutes earlier |
| Jaipur | 910 km east | 30 min ahead | 35 minutes earlier |
| Pune | 1,000 km south-east | 30 min ahead | 27 minutes earlier |
| Lahore | 1,030 km north-east | same clock | 29 minutes earlier |
| New Delhi | 1,100 km north-east | 30 min ahead | 41 minutes earlier |
| Islamabad | 1,140 km north-east | same clock | 24 minutes earlier |
| Dubai | 1,180 km west | 1 h behind | 47 minutes later |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Karachi’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Karachi in?
Karachi keeps Asia/Karachi, Pakistan Standard Time, at UTC+05:00 all year. The identifier is named after Karachi itself.
Is all of Pakistan on the same time as Karachi?
Yes. Asia/Karachi is the tz database’s only entry for Pakistan, and Karachi keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Karachi?
French Southern Territories, Kazakhstan, the Maldives, Russia (Yekaterinburg), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan keep exactly Karachi’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Karachi and Ahmedabad?
The clock in Ahmedabad, India, about 600 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 30 min ahead of Karachi.