ShymkentKazakhstan
Current time in Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Saturday, 26 September 2026
Kazakhstan TimeUTC+05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockShymkent time at a glance
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Location
- City in Kazakhstan
- Time zone
Asia/Almaty- UTC offset now
UTC+05:00- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Shymkent
- 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.
Shymkent is currently 5 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Shymkent
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Friday, 1 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Shymkent
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 Shymkent
Location details for Shymkent in Kazakhstan.
- Administrative area
- Kazakhstan
- Population
- 1,200,000
- Coordinates
- 42.3099° N, 69.6004° E. The elevation is 520 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Shymkent
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Shymkent. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AksuTurkistan, Kazakhstan22 km northeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time - LengerTurkistan, Kazakhstan27 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time - Turar RyskulovTurkistan, Kazakhstan66 km east
Asia/AlmatySame local time - ArysTurkistan, Kazakhstan66 km west
Asia/AlmatySame local time - SaryaghashTurkistan, Kazakhstan101 km south
Asia/AlmatySame local time - KaratauZhambyl, Kazakhstan119 km northeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time
Sources for Shymkent time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.