Dushanbe, Tajikistan Β· UTC+5
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Dushanbe, Tajikistanβs capital, runs on UTC+5 year-round. The IANA timezone Asia/Dushanbe has not included a daylight saving transition since 1991, when Tajikistan ceased observing the Soviet-era practice following independence. The country has remained on permanent UTC+5 since.
mountains, valleys, and daylight
Dushanbe sits at 800 meters elevation in the Hissar Valley, surrounded by the Pamir, Zerafshan, and Gissar mountain ranges. At 38.5 degrees north, it has substantial daylight variation: about 15 hours in summer and 9.5 hours in winter. The mountains amplify this effect locally, with valley floors losing direct sun earlier than flat terrain would suggest as the peaks block low-angle light.
Tajikistan is the poorest post-Soviet republic by GDP, and its economy depends heavily on remittances from Tajik workers in Russia and Kazakhstan. The flow of wire transfers, phone calls, and news from those workers follows Moscow time (UTC+3) or Almaty time (UTC+5/+6). Dushanbeβs UTC+5 puts it at the same offset as Karachi, two hours ahead of Moscow in winter. The mountains isolate the city; the money flows out across those distance-collapsed timezone gaps.
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Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database
- Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection, Tajikistan
- Akiner, Shirin. Tajikistan: Disintegration or Reconciliation?. Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2001.
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Questions about time in Dushanbe
- What timezone is Dushanbe in?
- Dushanbe uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Dushanbe. The UTC offset is always UTC+5 β this timezone does not observe daylight saving time. - Does Dushanbe observe daylight saving time?
- No. Dushanbe does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset remains UTC+5 all year round.
- What is the current UTC offset for Dushanbe?
- Dushanbe is currently at UTC+5.
- What is the time difference between Dushanbe and New York?
- Dushanbe is currently 9 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Dushanbe and London?
- Dushanbe is currently 4 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Dushanbe and Los Angeles?
- Dushanbe is currently 12 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Dushanbe and Tokyo?
- Dushanbe is currently 4 hours behind Tokyo.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Dushanbe?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Dushanbe is
Asia/Dushanbe. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Dushanbe' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Dushanbe')`), or any IANA-compatible library.