The current time in Kabul is AFT · UTC+4:30 on today in Kabul. Kabul uses Afghanistan Time (AFT), UTC+4:30, throughout the year and does not observe daylight saving time.
Kabul time follows the Asia/Kabul clock. The clock above updates every second, and the current date and UTC+4:30 offset are calculated for Asia/Kabul.
Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan and uses the same nationwide civil time as Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and every other location in the country: Afghanistan Time (AFT), UTC+4:30, with no seasonal clock change.
Your comparison becomes available when your browser time zone is detected. CalendarHours compares the current UTC offsets for Kabul and your location rather than relying on a fixed hour difference.
Your browser time zone is used only for this comparison. Kabul's live clock always remains on Asia/Kabul.
The essential facts behind the live Kabul clock: Afghanistan Time, UTC+4:30, no daylight saving time and the IANA zone used for date-aware calculations.
Useful city details for travelers, callers and anyone coordinating schedules with Kabul, Afghanistan.
No. Kabul uses Afghanistan Time (AFT), UTC+4:30 throughout the year. Afghanistan does not currently use daylight saving time, so there is no seasonal clock change in Kabul.
Afghanistan uses one nationwide civil time. London, Sydney and Dubai are useful comparison clocks because their offsets differ from Kabul and some change seasonally.
Compare Kabul with major international cities. Kabul remains on UTC+4:30 all year, while differences can change when the other location starts or ends daylight saving time.
| Location | Current Local Time | Difference From Kabul | Planning Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herat | Current time | Date-aware | Same time as Kabul year-round. |
| Dubai | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 30 minutes ahead of Dubai year-round. |
| London | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead during BST and 4 hours 30 minutes ahead during GMT. |
| New York | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 8 hours 30 minutes ahead during EDT and 9 hours 30 minutes ahead during EST. |
| Los Angeles | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 11 hours 30 minutes ahead during PDT and 12 hours 30 minutes ahead during PST. |
| Singapore | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 2 hours 30 minutes behind Singapore year-round. |
| Tokyo | Current time | Date-aware | Kabul is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Tokyo year-round. |
| Sydney | Current time | Date-aware | Sydney is usually 5 hours 30 minutes or 6 hours 30 minutes ahead, depending on New South Wales daylight saving. |
Choose a U.S. time zone or major global financial center, then select a date and time to see what that moment will be in Kabul. Kabul itself stays on AFT / UTC+4:30; seasonal changes in the source location are handled automatically.
Sample times use today's date in each source city and automatically account for daylight-saving rules in the source location. Kabul remains on AFT / UTC+4:30.
Enter a time in Kabul for today's date in Kabul. CalendarHours converts that Asia/Kabul wall time to the time zone reported by your browser, using AFT / UTC+4:30.
For other dates, locations and directional pairs, use the full converter.
Kabul does not change clocks, but many comparison cities do. That means the difference between Kabul and London, New York, Sydney or other seasonal locations can change during the year even though Kabul remains on UTC+4:30.
Kabul follows Afghanistan Time (AFT), UTC+4:30, the civil time used across Afghanistan. Afghanistan government disaster-management material explicitly labels local event times as UTC(+4:30).
The live clock uses the IANA time-zone identifier Asia/Kabul. Current civil-time rules are based on the IANA Time Zone Database, using tzdb 2026c, released July 8, 2026, as the reviewed data baseline.
CalendarHours does not claim direct synchronization to an Afghan national timing laboratory. Afghanistan government material provides an operational UTC(+4:30) reference; when available, this page checks the same-origin CalendarHours HTTP Date header and otherwise uses the visitor’s device clock.
Use the live Kabul clock to plan arrival times, hotel check-ins, appointments and calls. Kabul stays on AFT / UTC+4:30 year-round, so there is no local DST change to account for.
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Continue from Kabul to Afghanistan and the approved international comparison clocks for current local time and planning details.
This page covers Kabul, Afghanistan. Kabul shares AFT / UTC+4:30 with the rest of the country; the links below separate city, country, world time-zone geography and UTC-offset intent.
Use these guides when you need more detail about Kabul’s parent geography, UTC+4:30, Afghanistan holidays, date or time conversion.
Choose the guide that matches what you need next, from the live Kabul clock to Afghanistan Time and full conversion tools.
The live clock, AFT/UTC+4:30 status and time differences update automatically. Afghanistan government material provides an explicit UTC(+4:30) operational reference, while IANA supplies the Asia/Kabul rules used for calculations.
Civil-time reference: Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority material labels local event times as UTC(+4:30). Telecom context: Afghanistan’s MCIT publishes Kabul contact numbers using +93 (0)20. Time-zone rules: IANA tzdb provides the Asia/Kabul data used by standards-compliant runtime libraries.
Reviewed August 16, 2026. IANA architecture baseline: tzdb 2026c. This URL is evergreen; live time, date, UTC-offset comparisons and visitor-local calculations update automatically.
The current time in Kabul is shown live at the top of this page. CalendarHours calculates Kabul time in the IANA zone Asia/Kabul and updates the clock every second.
Kabul uses Afghanistan Time (AFT), UTC+4:30 throughout the year. Afghanistan does not currently change clocks seasonally.
Kabul uses the IANA identifier Asia/Kabul. For the dedicated geographic reference, see World Time Zones.
No. Kabul remains on Afghanistan Time throughout the year and does not currently observe daylight saving time.
Kabul is UTC+4:30 all year and has no scheduled seasonal clock change under current Afghanistan civil-time rules.
Kabul is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of London during British Summer Time and 4 hours 30 minutes ahead when London is on GMT. The live table above calculates the current difference.
Yes. Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and other Afghan locations all use Afghanistan Time.
Yes. Use the converter above for today in Kabul, or use the Time Zone Converter for additional dates and locations.