Turkmenistan
Time now in Ashgabat
Sunrise 06:26Sunset 07:53Time zone UTC +5
Time zone
Asia/Ashgabat
UTC offset
UTC +5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,030,063
Sunrise
06:26
Sunset
07:53
Day length
13h 27m
Coordinates
37.95, 58.38
Time difference from Ashgabat
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Ashgabat right now.
Ashgabat on the map
About the time in Ashgabat
Ashgabat runs on Asia/Ashgabat, which puts the city UTC +5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Clocks in Ashgabat stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +5 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Turkmenistan.
Sunrise today lands at 06:26 and sunset at 07:53 local time, giving 13h 27m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (37.95, 58.38) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Ashgabat.
Frequently asked questions about time in Ashgabat
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Ashgabat?
- Ashgabat is UTC +5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Ashgabat right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Ashgabat, updating every second from Asia/Ashgabat (UTC +5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Ashgabat, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Ashgabat in?
- Ashgabat uses Asia/Ashgabat, currently UTC +5.
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