BalqashKazakhstan
Current time in Balqash, Kazakhstan
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Kazakhstan TimeUTC+05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBalqash time at a glance
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Location
- City in Karaganda
- Time zone
Asia/Almaty- UTC offset now
UTC+05:00- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Balqash
Conditions near Balqash and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 22°C
- Humidity
- 31%
- Wind
- 25.2 km/h E
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny26°C to 32°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 29.9 km/h
- Sunny24°C to 33°C0% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.4 km/h
- Sunny24°C to 32°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 36.7 km/h
Forecast valid from 01:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T20:37:38.425Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T20:52:38.425Z.
Time-zone identity for Balqash
- IANA zone
Asia/Almaty- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Balqash is currently 5 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Balqash
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 16 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Balqash
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Almaty, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
- UTC+05:00 UTC+05:00UTC offset decreased by
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Balqash
Location details for Balqash in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
- Administrative area
- Karaganda, Kazakhstan
- Population
- 81,364
- Coordinates
- 46.8455° N, 74.9821° E. The elevation is 372 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Balqash
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Balqash. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AbayKaraganda, Kazakhstan348 km northwest
Asia/AlmatySame local time - KaragandyKaraganda, Kazakhstan357 km north
Asia/AlmatySame local time - ShakhtinskKaraganda, Kazakhstan364 km northwest
Asia/AlmatySame local time - SaranKaraganda, Kazakhstan365 km northwest
Asia/AlmatySame local time - TemirtauKaraganda, Kazakhstan387 km north
Asia/AlmatySame local time - UshtobeZhetysu Region, Kazakhstan292 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time
Sources for Balqash time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.