Kazakhstan
AMST
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9am
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9pm
CET/CEST
Central European Time
GMT +1
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CEST is not used on this date
This converter uses CET (GMT +1), the offset Berlin uses on this date. Open the CET converter.

Compare Almaty time with CEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

AMST (Armenia Summer Time) is 4 hours ahead of Central European Time
5:00 pm17:00 in Almaty, Kazakhstan is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET

Almaty to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in Almaty which corresponds to 9am-1pm in CET

5:00 pm17:00 AMST (Armenia Summer Time) (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:00 pm17:00 Almaty, Kazakhstan / 1:00 pm13:00 CET

Almaty, KazakhstanCET
12am (midnight)8pm
1am9pm
2am10pm
3am11pm
4am12am (midnight)
5am1am
6am2am
7am3am
8am4am
9am5am
10am6am
11am7am
12pm (noon)8am
1pm9am
2pm10am
3pm11am
4pm12pm (noon)
5pm1pm
6pm2pm
7pm3pm
8pm4pm
9pm5pm
10pm6pm
11pm7pm
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02:0022:00
03:0023:00
04:0000:00
05:0001:00
06:0002:00
07:0003:00
08:0004:00
09:0005:00
10:0006:00
11:0007:00
12:0008:00
13:0009:00
14:0010:00
15:0011:00
16:0012:00
17:0013:00
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20:0016:00
21:0017:00
22:0018:00
23:0019:00

Almaty Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
GMT+5 - Kazakhstan Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:00 hours during Kazakhstan Time, currently in use.

Almaty Facts

Country
Kazakhstan
Alternative Names
ALA, Alma Ata, Alma-Ata, Almaato, Almata, Almati, Almato, Almaty, Almatî, Almatõ, Almatý, Almatı, Almatʻa, Ałmaty, Vernyy, a la mu tu, alamati, almaaty, almati, almaty, arumatoi, xal mati, Αλμάτι, Алма-Ата, Алмаато, Алмати, Алматы, Ալմաթա, אלמאטיע, אלמטי, آلماآتی, آلماتی, ألماتي, ئالمۇتا, الماتی, अलमाती, अल्माटी, อัลมาตี, ཨཱལ་མ་ཊི།, ალმათი, アルマトイ, 阿拉木圖, 알마티
Population
2,000,900
Currency
Tenge (KZT)
Geographic Coordinates
43° 15' N Latitude / 76° 55' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+7

Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest.

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

CEST Time Zone Geo Map
CEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central European Time (CET).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central European Summer Time (CEST) starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Ceuta
  • Arctic/Longyearbyen
  • Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
  • CET
  • Europe/Amsterdam
  • Europe/Andorra
  • Europe/Belgrade
  • Europe/Berlin
  • Europe/Bratislava
  • Europe/Brussels
  • Europe/Budapest
  • Europe/Busingen
  • Europe/Copenhagen
  • Europe/Gibraltar
  • Europe/Ljubljana
  • Europe/Luxembourg
  • Europe/Madrid
  • Europe/Malta
  • Europe/Monaco
  • Europe/Oslo
  • Europe/Paris
  • Europe/Podgorica
  • Europe/Prague
  • Europe/Rome
  • Europe/San_Marino
  • Europe/Sarajevo
  • Europe/Skopje
  • Europe/Stockholm
  • Europe/Tirane
  • Europe/Vaduz
  • Europe/Vatican
  • Europe/Vienna
  • Europe/Warsaw
  • Europe/Zagreb
  • Europe/Zurich
  • MET
  • Poland
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time