Current time in Doha, Qatar
Arabian Standard Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Arabian Standard Time · Asia/Qatar
- 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
- Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar (capital) · 25.29° N, 51.53° E
- Population
- 344,939
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Doha at about 11:34 standard time: the clock runs about 26 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:17 and 11:48 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:38 | 17:44 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:44 | 18:27 | 13h 43m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:22 | 17:29 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:14 | 16:48 | 10h 34m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:25–17:23 (11 h 58 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
- Manama, Bahrain · 140 km
- Al Muharraq, Bahrain · 140 km
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia · 190 km
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · 490 km
- Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait · 540 km
- Kuwait City, Kuwait · 570 km