Time in Kazakhstan

Standard time in Kazakhstan is either UTC+05:00 or UTC+06:00. These times apply throughout the year as Kazakhstan does not observe Daylight saving time.

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database identifies five zones for Kazakhstan. Data in columns marked * are from the file zone.tab of the database.

coordinates*	tzid*	comments*	UTC offset
+4315+07657	Asia/Almaty	most locations	rUTC+06
+4448+06528	Asia/Qyzylorda	Qyzylorda (Kyzylorda, Kzyl-Orda)	rUTC+06
+5017+05710	Asia/Aqtobe	Aqtobe (Aktobe)	qUTC+05
+4431+05016	Asia/Aqtau	Atyrau (Atirau, Gur'yev), Mangghystau (Mankistau)	qUTC+05
+5113+05121	Asia/Oral	West Kazakhstan	qUTC+05

According to an email on the tz mailing list, Kostanay Province could be part of Asia/Qyzylorda [1].

Time by region

Time in Kazakhstan

	UTC+05:00
	UTC+06:00

Provinces of Kazakhstan

Region	Type	tzid	UTC offset
Akmola	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Aktobe	province	Asia/Aqtobe	UTC+05
Almaty	city(1)	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Almaty Province	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Astana	city(1)	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Atyrau	province	Asia/Aqtau	UTC+05
Baikonur	city(2)	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
East Kazakhstan	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Karagandy	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Kostanay	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Kyzylorda	province	Asia/Qyzylorda	UTC+06
Mangystau	province	Asia/Aqtau	UTC+05
North Kazakhstan	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
Pavlodar	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
South Kazakhstan	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06
West Kazakhstan	province	Asia/Oral	UTC+05
Zhambyl	province	Asia/Almaty	UTC+06

Notes:

• (1) Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any province.
• (2) Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur cosmodrome until 2050.

See also

• Omsk Time