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Time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia now

02:42:25AM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 05:08AM ↓ 06:31PM (13h 22m) - More info - Make Riyadh time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Riyadh

UTC +3

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

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: 05:08AM
Sunset: 06:31PM
Day length: 13h 22m
Solar noon: 11:50AM
The current local time in Riyadh is 10 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

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