Current time in Basrah, Iraq
Arabian Standard Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Arabian Standard Time · Asia/Baghdad
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Abbreviation
- AST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+3 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Basra, Iraq · 30.51° N, 47.78° E
- Population
- 1,326,564
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Basrah at about 11:49 standard time: the clock runs about 11 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:32 and 12:03 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:53 | 18:00 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:47 | 18:54 | 14h 07m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:37 | 17:44 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:41 | 16:52 | 10h 11m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:41–17:36 (11 h 56 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Kuwait City, Kuwait · 130 km
- Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait · 160 km
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia · 510 km
- Al Muharraq, Bahrain · 550 km
- Manama, Bahrain · 550 km
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · 660 km