Offshore software development from Kathmandu, Nepal
Distance is the first thing worth being straight about. A team in Nepal is a genuinely different proposition depending on where you sit — most of the working day from Dubai, a handful of hours from London, and no overlap at all from New York. These pages set out what that actually looks like from each market, with the arithmetic rather than the adjectives.
Nepal time converter and overlap calculatorAny city, any working hours: convert to Nepal time and see how much of your day a Kathmandu team shares.Nepal's clock and calendar, wherever you are
- UTC+05:45
A 45-minute offset
Nepal Standard Time is three quarters of an hour off the hour, one of only three time zones in the world that are. It is the reason the arithmetic below never lands on a round number.
- No DST
The clocks never move
Nepal does not observe daylight saving. Against markets that do, the gap changes twice a year — and Nepal is always the side that stayed still.
- Sun–Fri · Mon–Fri
The working week
Saturday is Nepal's weekly holiday, and the traditional working week runs Sunday to Friday. Since April 2026 government offices and schools have also closed on Sundays, a fuel-saving measure, so it is worth confirming which week a team keeps.
- Sep–Nov
Dashain and Tihar
Nepal's two major festivals fall in autumn and account for the longest public-holiday stretch in the calendar. They follow the lunar calendar, so the dates move each year and are worth checking against a delivery date early.
Offshore software development by country
Americas
Europe
- United Kingdom
9:00 am in London is 2:45 pm in Kathmandu — 5 hours 45 minutes behind. 3 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
- Germany
9:00 am in Berlin / Munich is 1:45 pm in Kathmandu — 4 hours 45 minutes behind. 4 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
- Netherlands
9:00 am in Amsterdam / Rotterdam is 1:45 pm in Kathmandu — 4 hours 45 minutes behind. 4 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
9:00 am in Dubai / Abu Dhabi is 10:45 am in Kathmandu — 1 hour 45 minutes behind. 7 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
- Saudi Arabia
9:00 am in Riyadh / Jeddah is 11:45 am in Kathmandu — 2 hours 45 minutes behind. 6 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
- Qatar
9:00 am in Doha is 11:45 am in Kathmandu — 2 hours 45 minutes behind. 6 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common.
Figures compare a 10:00–18:00 working day in Kathmandu with 09:00–17:00 locally, on standard time. For another city or other hours, use the Nepal time converter and overlap calculator. See what we build or the frequently asked questions.
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