Gilgit in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8801, 74.4123
- Population
- 216 760
- Region
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- Country
- Pakistan, Asia
- Capital
- Islamabad — 271 km away
What time is it in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
This page shows the time as it is now in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, in the Asia/Karachi time zone (+5).
Gilgit, Pakistan
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
Local time in Gilgit
UTC+5 · no daylight saving time
Gilgit keeps Asia/Karachi time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:38 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 12 h 49 min Night 11 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:12 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Gilgit right now
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Gilgit and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 15150 Jutial — 6.1 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Gilgit-Baltistan
Same time zone — Asia/Karachi
- Lahore Pakistan
- Karachi Pakistan
- Peshawar Pakistan
- Faisalabad Pakistan
- Rawalpindi Pakistan
- Gujranwala Pakistan
Nearby places
- Mohammadabad — 1.6 km
- Dak Chauki — 1.9 km
- Minawar — 2.0 km
- Sakwar — 2.3 km
- Khir Das — 2.7 km
- Muhammadabad — 2.8 km
Gilgit: clock, sun and surroundings
Phalija and Chator Bari are neighbours of Gilgit on the same clock.
Postal codes tied to Gilgit number 1.
Standard time in Gilgit comes from Asia/Karachi and equals UTC+5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise happens at 5:38 AM in Gilgit today and sunset at 6:27 PM. That marks 12 h 49 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Gilgit?
- Local time in Gilgit is determined by Asia/Karachi, with an offset of +5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Gilgit?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in Gilgit?
- It is 5:38 AM.