Current time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Arabian Standard Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Arabian Standard Time · Asia/Riyadh
- 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
- Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia (capital) · 24.69° N, 46.72° E
- Population
- 4,205,961
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Riyadh at about 11:53 standard time: the clock runs about 7 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:37 and 12:07 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:57 | 18:04 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:04 | 18:45 | 13h 40m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:42 | 17:48 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:32 | 17:09 | 10h 36m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:44–17:42 (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
- Dammam · 390 km
- Manama, Bahrain · 420 km
- Al Muharraq, Bahrain · 430 km
- Doha, Qatar · 490 km
- Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait · 510 km
- Kuwait City, Kuwait · 530 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Manama, Bahrain · 420 km
- Al Muharraq, Bahrain · 430 km
- Doha, Qatar · 490 km
- Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait · 510 km
- Kuwait City, Kuwait · 530 km
- Basrah, Iraq · 660 km