Ulan BatorMongolia
Current time in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Ulaanbaatar Standard TimeUTC+08:00
⛶ Full-screen clockUlan Bator time at a glance
- Country
- Mongolia
- Location
- Capital city of Mongolia
- Time zone
Asia/Ulaanbaatar- UTC offset now
UTC+08:00- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Ulan Bator time guide
Does Ulan Bator change its clocks?
UTC+08:00.- Year-round offset
- Ulaanbaatar Time (ULAT), UTC+08:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Ulaanbaatar
- Ulan Bator and London
- 8 hours ahead during GMT; 7 hours ahead during BST
- Ulan Bator and New York
- 13 hours ahead during EST; 12 hours ahead during EDT
Capital and municipality
Official statistics use the spelling Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia's National Statistics Office publishes the capital population under Ulaanbaatar. The Ulan Bator route uses a common English variant of the same city name, while official totals follow the capital municipality boundary.
Time-zone identity for Ulan Bator
- IANA zone
Asia/Ulaanbaatar- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Ulan Bator is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Ulan Bator
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Ulan Bator
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Ulaanbaatar, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
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.
Capital city context
About Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia
Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Mongolia
- Administrative area
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Population
- 844,818
- Coordinates
- 47.9077° N, 106.8832° E. The elevation is 1,284 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Ulan Bator
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Ulan Bator. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- NalayhUlaanbaatar, Mongolia34 km southeast
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time - DzuunmodCentral Aimak, Mongolia23 km south
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time - ZuunmodCentral Aimak, Mongolia23 km south
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time - DzüünharaaSelenge Province, Mongolia110 km north
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time - DarhanDarhan Uul, Mongolia189 km north
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time - ErdenetOrhon, Mongolia241 km northwest
Asia/UlaanbaatarSame local time
Sources for Ulan Bator 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.
- Population of Mongolia by location, aimags and the CapitalNational Statistics Office of Mongolia · Official annual population series · AccessedOfficial population table for Ulaanbaatar and Mongolia's aimags.