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Time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia now

07:40:27PM

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Solstice / World Music Day / International Day of Yoga

Sun: ↑ 05:04AM ↓ 06:46PM (13h 43m) - More info - Make Riyadh time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Riyadh

UTC +3

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

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

Time difference
from Riyadh

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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Riyadh

Sunrise: 05:04AM
Sunset: 06:46PM
Day length: 13h 43m
Solar noon: 11:55AM
The current local time in Riyadh is 5 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Riyadh on the map

Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Latitude: 24.69. Longitude: 46.72
Population: 4,206,000

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The 24 largest cities in
Saudi Arabia

Abhā Al Bahah Al Mubarraz Arar Buraidah Dammam Dhahran Gurayat Ha'il Hofūf Jeddah Jizan Jubail Khamis Mushait Khobar Mecca Medina Najran Qatif Riyadh Sakakah Ta'if Tabuk Yanbu