Daylight saving time
Almaty (Kazakhstan) does not change clocks: UTC+5 all year. Moscow (Russia) does not change clocks: UTC+3 all year.
Since 1 March 2024 all of Kazakhstan, including Almaty and Astana, uses a single time zone, UTC+5. Russia has not changed clocks since 2014; Moscow stays on UTC+3 all year.
Best time for a call
If both sides work 9:00–18:00 local time, the shared window is 11:00–18:00 in Almaty = 09:00–16:00 in Moscow (7 hours). Put recurring calls in this window and state the time with the city name (for example “14:00 Almaty time”) to avoid confusion. How to schedule a meeting across time zones.
How to read the chart
The left column is the local time in Almaty, the other column shows the same moment in Moscow. “+1 day” means it is already the next calendar day in Moscow, “−1 day” — still the previous one. Rows outside 9:00–18:00 are dimmed. The converter above works the other way too: press “Swap” to enter a time in Moscow.