KathmanduNepal
Kathmandu time at a glance
- Country
- Nepal
- Location
- Capital city of Nepal
- Time zone
Asia/Kathmandu- UTC offset now
UTC+05:45- Current zone label
- GMT+5:45
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Kathmandu time guide
Does Kathmandu change its clocks?
UTC+05:45.- Year-round offset
- Nepal Time (NPT), UTC+05:45
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Kathmandu
- Kathmandu and London
- 5 hours 45 minutes ahead during GMT; 4 hours 45 minutes ahead during BST
- Kathmandu and New York
- 10 hours 45 minutes ahead during EST; 9 hours 45 minutes ahead during EDT
Metropolitan city, district and valley
Kathmandu names several different geographies
Nepal's 2021 census counted 862,400 residents in Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Kathmandu District and the broader Kathmandu Valley include other municipalities and have much larger totals.
Time-zone identity for Kathmandu
- IANA zone
Asia/Kathmandu- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:45
- Current zone label
- GMT+5:45
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Kathmandu is currently 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kathmandu
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 Kathmandu
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Kathmandu, 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 Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Nepal
- Administrative area
- Bagmati Province, Nepal
- Population
- 1,442,271
- Coordinates
- 27.7017° N, 85.3206° E. The elevation is 1,317 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kathmandu
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kathmandu. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- PātanBagmati Province, Nepal2.9 km south
Asia/KathmanduSame local time - Ki̇̄rtipurBagmati Province, Nepal5.1 km southwest
Asia/KathmanduSame local time - Madhyapur ThimiBagmati Province, Nepal7 km east
Asia/KathmanduSame local time - BanepāBagmati Province, Nepal21 km east
Asia/KathmanduSame local time - Panauti̇̄Bagmati Province, Nepal23 km southeast
Asia/KathmanduSame local time - DhulikhelBagmati Province, Nepal24 km east
Asia/KathmanduSame local time
Sources for Kathmandu 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.
- National Population and Housing Census 2021: Population CompositionNational Statistics Office Nepal · 2021 census · AccessedOfficial metropolitan-city population, growth and density table.