Time in Afghanistan now
4:36PMUTC+4:30
UTC+4:30+9 h 30 min vs New York (you)Asia/Kabul
No clock changes: Afghanistan stays on UTC+4:30 all year.
Time zone in Afghanistan
Afghanistan uses a single time zone: UTC+4:30 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Its offset, UTC+4:30, is not a whole number of hours, so the minutes differ too when you compare Afghanistan with most of the world. No other zone in the database uses UTC+4:30.
Kabul lies at 69.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+4:37 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 7 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Afghanistan
No. Afghanistan stays on UTC+4:30 all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.
Clock history of Afghanistan
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+4:37 in Kabul), which ended on January 1, 1890, when UTC+4 replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Afghanistan year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Kabul.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+4:30 all year | — |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Afghanistan time
Time difference between Afghanistan and major cities
| City | Local time now | Afghanistan vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h 30 min | +9 h 30 min | +8 h 30 min | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +12 h 30 min | +12 h 30 min | +11 h 30 min | none / none |
| London | 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h 30 min | +4 h 30 min | +3 h 30 min | 3 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h 30 min | +3 h 30 min | +2 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +0 h 30 min | +30 min | +30 min | 7 h 30 min / 7 h 30 min |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Singapore | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Beijing | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h 30 min | −4 h 30 min | −4 h 30 min | 3 h 30 min / 3 h 30 min |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Afghanistan’s office hours overlap yours today.
Afghanistan and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Afghanistan, it is 11:30 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 5:30 PM in Afghanistan is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Afghanistan overlaps London’s for 3 h 30 min in January (1:30 PM–5:00 PM Afghanistan time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Afghanistan it is 4:30 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Afghanistan overlaps New Delhi’s for 7 h in January (9:00 AM–4:00 PM Afghanistan time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Afghanistan it is 10:00 AM in New Delhi.
Mind the working week: in CLDR, the locale data used by phones and computers, Afghanistan’s weekend is Thursday and Friday, so the working week runs Saturday to Wednesday. With a Monday-to-Friday partner, that leaves 3 shared working days a week.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Kabul and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bannu Pakistan | 220 km | 5:06 PM PKT | +0 h 30 min |
| Srinagar India | 520 km | 5:36 PM IST | +1 h |
| Mashhad Iran | 890 km | 3:36 PM UTC+3:30 | −1 h |
| Bishkek Kyrgyzstan | 1,040 km | 6:06 PM UTC+6 | +1 h 30 min |
| Muscat Oman | 1,600 km | 4:06 PM UTC+4 | −0 h 30 min |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 1,710 km | 5:51 PM UTC+5:45 | +1 h 15 min |
Same clock as Afghanistan
These places keep exactly the same time as Afghanistan all year under the current rules.
- KabulAF
Cities in Afghanistan
Afghanistan at a glance
- CapitalKabul
- Population43,844,111
- Time zone IDAsia/Kabul
- Standard timeUTC+4:30
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+93