Current time in Kabul, Afghanistan
The current local time in Kabul is shown below. Kabul observes AFT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Kabul does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Kabul
- Standard abbreviation
- AFT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Kabul?
Afghanistan operates on Afghanistan Time at UTC+4:30, a half-hour offset that originated as an approximation of mean solar time at the country's central meridian when standardised time was adopted nationally in the mid-20th century. The half-hour offset places Kabul 30 minutes ahead of Iran (UTC+3:30) and 30 minutes behind Pakistan (UTC+5), reflecting the country's intermediate longitude between its two large neighbours. DST is not observed; an attempt at seasonal time changes in 1991 was abandoned the following year.
What are the working hours in Kabul?
The traditional working week runs Saturday to Wednesday or Thursday, with Friday observed as the religious day across most sectors. Lunch is taken around the noon prayer (dhuhr), shifting seasonally with daylight. Ramadan substantially shortens daytime working hours; many private-sector offices condense to a six-hour day during the month. Public holidays cluster around Eid al-Fitr at Ramadan's end and Eid al-Adha later in the calendar, producing extended national closures around both Eid periods.
Where is Kabul?
Kabul lies in a mountain bowl at around 1,790 metres elevation in eastern Afghanistan, ringed by spurs of the Hindu Kush range and connected to the Indian subcontinent through the Khyber Pass to the east. Estimates place the metropolitan population around 4.5 million, though precise figures have been difficult since the early 2020s. The Kabul River runs east through the city. Major regional cities include Jalalabad around 150 kilometres east toward Pakistan and Mazar-i-Sharif around 400 kilometres north.