Current time in Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan Standard Time
UTC+05:00- Time zone
- Pakistan Standard Time · Asia/Karachi
- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:00
- Abbreviation
- PKT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+5 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Pakistan (capital) · 33.72° N, 73.04° E
- Population
- 601,600
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Islamabad at about 12:08 standard time: the clock runs about 8 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:51 and 12:22 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:12 | 18:19 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:57 | 19:21 | 14h 24m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:56 | 18:03 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:08 | 17:03 | 9h 55m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:00–17:55 (11 h 55 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Rawalpindi · 10 km
- Peshawar · 140 km
- Srinagar, India · 170 km · clock 30 min ahead
- Gujranwala · 200 km
- Bannu · 240 km
- Faisalabad · 260 km