Time Zones in Pakistan
Pakistan spans one time zone (UTC+5) among the 3 cities tracked on Live Time Map. None of them observe daylight saving time, so their offsets stay the same all year. See the live local time for each city below, or use the interactive map to compare any of them against your own location.
Pakistan facts
- Currency
- Pakistani rupee (PKR)
- Languages
- Urdu, English
- Calling code
- +92
- Time zones on this site
- 1
Clock time and solar time in Pakistan
A country's clocks are a political choice, not an astronomical one, so they rarely line up with its own sun. Measured against local solar time, the clock in Karachi runs 32 minutes ahead of the sun, while in Lahore it runs 3 minutes ahead of the sun.
That is a spread of 29 minutes between the two ends of Pakistan's tracked cities, all of it the result of longitude rather than of the clock. The wider that gap, the more one shared office schedule means genuinely different amounts of morning light depending on where you are.
How much daylight changes through the year
Daylight is governed by latitude, not by the clock. Islamabad, at 33.7° north, gets 14 hours 24 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 9 hours 55 minutes on the shortest.
Karachi, at 24.9° north, gets 13 hours 41 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 10 hours 35 minutes on the shortest. So the annual swing between longest and shortest day is 4 hours 29 minutes in Islamabad against 3 hours 5 minutes in Karachi, within the same country.
Cities in Pakistan
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Frequently asked questions
How many time zones does Pakistan have?
Pakistan uses a single time zone among the cities tracked here: UTC+5.
Does Pakistan observe daylight saving time?
No, none of the cities tracked here observe daylight saving time.
Do clocks in Pakistan match the sun?
Clocks and the sun are not the same thing. In Karachi the clock runs 32 minutes ahead of local solar time, so midday on the clock is not the moment the sun is highest.
How much does daylight change through the year in Pakistan?
In Islamabad, the longest day of the year has 14 hours 24 minutes of daylight and the shortest has 9 hours 55 minutes.