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
On this page the local time of Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan is updated live, in the Asia/Karachi zone (+5).
Gilgit, Pakistan
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
Local time in Gilgit
UTC+5 · no daylight saving time
Gilgit keeps Asia/Karachi clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 5:51 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
Standard time in Gilgit comes from Asia/Karachi and equals UTC+5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Morning light reaches Gilgit at 6:12 AM, and the sun sets at 5:25 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 13 min.
Mohammadabad and Dak Chauki are neighbours of Gilgit on the same clock.
Delivery zones in Gilgit are marked by 1 postal code.
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 6:12 AM.