Convert CEST to PKT
PKT is 3 hours ahead of CEST. CEST is UTC+2 and PKT is UTC+5.
Right now: CEST · PKT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 5 hours: 9:00 AM–2:00 PM CEST (12:00 PM–5:00 PM PKT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| CEST | PKT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
CEST to PKT conversion table
| CEST | PKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
About CEST
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is UTC+2. It is used in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome from late March to late October.
Central European Summer Time is UTC+2, in force from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The European changeover happens at 01:00 UTC everywhere simultaneously, unlike the US which changes at 2am local time in each zone — so Europe's internal offsets never break during the transition, while North America's briefly do.
About PKT
Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) is UTC+5. It is used in Pakistan, all year.
Pakistan Standard Time is UTC+5 and does not change through the year — daylight saving has been tried twice and abandoned twice. It sits half an hour behind India, which is the only pair of neighbouring countries in the region separated by a half-hour step rather than a whole one, and a common source of missed calls across that border.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on CEST switches to CET (UTC+1) from late October to late March. So the 3-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
PKT does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in PKT will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM CEST in PKT?
9:00 AM CEST is 12:00 PM PKT.
Is PKT ahead of CEST?
PKT is 3 hours ahead of CEST.
Which time zone does this use?
CEST is UTC+2 and PKT is UTC+5. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.