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Time in Saudi Arabia now

10:40:47PM

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Time zone info for Saudi Arabia

UTC +3

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

The time in Saudi Arabia 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.
Saudi Arabia does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Saudi Arabia is Asia/Riyadh.

Time difference
from Saudi Arabia

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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Saudi Arabia on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 1,960,582 km²
Capital: Riyadh
Currency: Rial (SAR)
Calling code: +966
Internet top level domain: .sa
Latitude: 25.00. Longitude: 45.00
Population: 33,700,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Saudi Arabia 1901-2021

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