No clock change is expected in the next year.
No clock changes this year.
All of Kazakhstan uses Kazakhstan Time.
- UTC+5 · UTC+5Almaty, Astana, Shymkent, Aktobe, Karaganda and moreNo daylight saving time
Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.
Time difference from Merke
Time differenceSun in Merke today
Daylight9h 54m today - 5h 27m less than the longest day and 0h 53m more than the shortest day.
Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.
- ⌖Region
- Zhambyl
- ◉Population
- 15,934
- ☎Dialing code
- ¤Currency
- KZT · Tenge
Public holidays in Kazakhstan
HolidaysIndependence Day
Wednesday · in 35 days
NationalNew Year’s Day
Friday · in 51 days
Nationallong weekendNew Year’s Day
Saturday · in 52 days
NationalNew Year’s Day (substitute day)
Monday · in 54 days
Nationallong weekendOrthodox Christmas
Thursday · in 57 days
National
Same time zone rules
Matching offsets and clock changes over the next year.
Same UTC offset right now
No matching cities with different clock rules in this catalog.



Tokmok172 km · 1 h ahead - no DST 
Manas215 km · 1 h ahead - no DST 




Kabul991 km · 30 min behind - no DST 
Ürümqi1168 km · 1 h ahead - no DST
Common questions
Quick answers- 01What time zone is Merke in?
- Merke uses Asia/Almaty: UTC+5 (UTC+5).
- 02Does Merke have daylight saving time?
- No. This time zone does not observe daylight saving time this year.
- 03What is the time difference between Merke and London?
- Merke is 5 h ahead relative to London right now.
- 04What is a good time to call Merke from New York?
- Working hours do not overlap. Best edge-of-day option: 09:00-10:00 in New York = 19:00-20:00 in Merke.
Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.