Kabul to Bucharest: time difference
Bucharest is 2 h 30 min behind Kabul. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
−2 h 30 min
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Kabul 22:30 10:30 PM Bucharest 20:00 8:00 PM You –:–
22:30 10:30 PM
Afghanistan Time · UTC+4:30
☀️ 06:18 · 🌙 16:58
20:00 8:00 PM
Eastern European Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:59 · 🌙 17:01
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−2 h 30 min
Bucharest is 2 h 30 min behind Kabul.
When you, Kabul and Bucharest are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇦🇫 Kabul
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇷🇴 Bucharest
21:30 9:30 PM 22:30 10:30 PM 23:30 11:30 PM 0:30 12:30 AM 1:30 1:30 AM 2:30 2:30 AM 3:30 3:30 AM 4:30 4:30 AM 5:30 5:30 AM 6:30 6:30 AM 7:30 7:30 AM 8:30 8:30 AM 9:30 9:30 AM 10:30 10:30 AM 11:30 11:30 AM 12:30 12:30 PM 13:30 1:30 PM 14:30 2:30 PM 15:30 3:30 PM 16:30 4:30 PM 17:30 5:30 PM 18:30 6:30 PM 19:30 7:30 PM 20:30 8:30 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇦🇫 Kabul | 🇷🇴 Bucharest |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 22:30 | 20:00 |
| Local date | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Time zone | Afghanistan Time | Eastern European Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+4:30 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Kabul | — | −2 h 30 min |
| IANA zone | Asia/Kabul | Europe/Bucharest |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+3, Mar 28, 04:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:18 | 06:59 |
| Sunset | 16:58 | 17:01 |
| Daylight | 10 h 40 min | 10 h 3 min |
| People on this clock | 3,289,000 | 1,883,425 |
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Kabul and Bucharest: common questions
What is the time difference between Kabul and Bucharest?
Bucharest is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind: it uses UTC+2, while Kabul is on UTC+4:30.
If it is 9:00 AM in Kabul, what time is it in Bucharest?
At 9:00 AM in Kabul, clocks in Bucharest show 6:30 AM.
What time is it in Bucharest when it is 6:00 PM in Kabul?
When it is 6:00 PM in Kabul, it is 3:30 PM in Bucharest.
When is a good time to call Bucharest from Kabul?
Between 11:30 AM and 6:00 PM in Kabul – that is 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM in Bucharest – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Bucharest?
Until 2:30 AM in Kabul it is still the previous day in Bucharest. The other way round, from 9:30 PM in Bucharest it is already the next day in Kabul.
Is the time difference between Kabul and Bucharest the same all year?
No. Only Bucharest switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Bucharest will be 1 hour and 30 minutes behind Kabul.
