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Time in Qatar now

09:48:20PM

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Time zone info for Qatar

UTC +3

Arabia Standard Time (AST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

The time in Qatar is 8 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Qatar does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Qatar is Asia/Qatar.

Time difference
from Qatar

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+7 hours

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Qatar on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 11,437 km²
Capital: Doha
Currency: Rial (QAR)
Calling code: +974
Internet top level domain: .qa
Latitude: 25.50. Longitude: 51.25
Population: 2,782,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Qatar 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.