Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Β· UTC+5
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Ashgabat is in the Asia/Ashgabat timezone (TMT/UTC+5). Turkmenistan observes no daylight saving, keeping a permanent clock in one of Central Asiaβs most isolated capitals.
Ashgabat holds a Guinness World Record: the highest concentration of white marble-clad buildings in the world. The city has been almost entirely rebuilt since a catastrophic 1948 earthquake, and most of its current appearance dates to the post-Soviet construction projects of the 1990s and 2000s, when the first president created a city of gold-domed palaces, vast empty boulevards, and monuments to his own cult of personality.
The clock is Turkmenistan Time, UTC+5. The IANA identifier is Asia/Ashgabat. No daylight saving.
Turkmenistan is one of the worldβs most closed countries. Reliable information about daily life in Ashgabat is difficult to obtain. What is clear from the clock: UTC+5 puts the city in alignment with Tashkent to the northeast, though the two capitals have very different characters.
At 37.9 degrees north, Ashgabat sits in a harsh climate: hot summers (regularly above 40 degrees Celsius), cold winters, and very little rainfall in the Karakum Desert that surrounds the city on three sides. The Kopetdag mountain range rises dramatically to the south, forming the border with Iran.
Empty boulevards, extreme heat
The cityβs white boulevards and golden domes are largely empty of pedestrian traffic in the midday heat. Life happens in the early morning and evening, with a long midday pause when the temperature makes outdoor activity dangerous.
9am in Ashgabat is 4am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Ashgabat
- What timezone is Ashgabat in?
- Ashgabat uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Ashgabat. The UTC offset is always UTC+5 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Ashgabat observe daylight saving time?
- No. Ashgabat does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+5 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Ashgabat?
- Ashgabat is currently at UTC+5.
- What is the time difference between Ashgabat and New York?
- Ashgabat is currently 9 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Ashgabat and London?
- Ashgabat is currently 4 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Ashgabat and Los Angeles?
- Ashgabat is currently 12 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Ashgabat and Tokyo?
- Ashgabat is currently 4 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Ashgabat?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Ashgabat is
Asia/Ashgabat. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Ashgabat' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Ashgabat')`), or any IANA-compatible library.