Kazakhstan
Time now in Kostanay
Sunrise 05:35Sunset 08:02Time zone UTC +5
Time zone
Asia/Qostanay
UTC offset
UTC +5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
210,000
Sunrise
05:35
Sunset
08:02
Day length
14h 27m
Coordinates
53.21, 63.62
Time difference from Kostanay
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Kostanay right now.
Kostanay on the map
About the time in Kostanay
The zone identifier Asia/Qostanay is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Qostanay keeps pointing at Qostanay time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Kostanay runs on Asia/Qostanay, 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.
Around 210,000 people live in Kostanay, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Kostanay
- What are normal business hours in Kostanay in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Kostanay runs from 04:00–12:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Kostanay right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kostanay, updating every second from Asia/Qostanay (UTC +5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Qostanay, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Kostanay in?
- Kostanay uses Asia/Qostanay, currently UTC +5.
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