Baku, Azerbaijan Β· UTC+4
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Baku is in the Asia/Baku timezone (AZT/UTC+4, AZST/UTC+5 in summer). Azerbaijan observes daylight saving, making this Caspian oil capital one hour ahead of Moscow in winter.
Baku sits on a peninsula jutting into the Caspian Sea, surrounded by the Absheron plateau. Oil seeps in this region were noted by travelers for centuries, and the modern petroleum industry effectively began here in the 1840s. Baku was supplying half the worldβs oil at the turn of the 20th century. The old city, the Icherisheher, is a UNESCO World Heritage walled medina at the center of a rapidly modernizing metropolis.
The timezone is Azerbaijan Time, UTC+4 in standard time and UTC+5 during daylight saving. The IANA identifier is Asia/Baku. Azerbaijan observes DST, advancing clocks in late March and returning them in late October.
At UTC+4, Baku is one hour ahead of Moscow in winter and two hours ahead when Azerbaijan shifts to UTC+5 while Russia stays at UTC+3. The Caspian Seaβs oil and gas industry creates significant coordination with European and Russian corporate schedules.
Batumi in Georgia, on the Black Sea coast, uses UTC+4 permanently (Georgia does not observe DST), creating a partial year alignment.
Fire ancient and modern
Bakuβs Flame Towers, three skyscrapers shaped like flames, are lit at night with LED displays visible across the city. Fire has been sacred in this region since Zoroastrian times, when natural gas seeps fed flames that appeared to burn permanently. The city has a layered relationship with fire and, by extension, with time: the ancient and the modern in continuous conversation.
9am in Baku is 5am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Baku
- What timezone is Baku in?
- Baku uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Baku. The UTC offset is always UTC+4 - this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Baku observe daylight saving time?
- No. Baku does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+4 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Baku?
- Baku is currently at UTC+4.
- What is the time difference between Baku and New York?
- Baku is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Baku and London?
- Baku is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Baku and Los Angeles?
- Baku is currently 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Baku and Tokyo?
- Baku is currently 5 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Baku?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Baku is
Asia/Baku. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Baku' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Baku')`), or any IANA-compatible library.