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Time in Saudi Arabia now

13:57:14

Saturday, March 21, 2026, week 12

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Time zone info for Saudi Arabia

UTC +3

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

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
London	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
Paris	−2 hours	−2 hours
Zurich	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
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	+8 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.

The 24 largest cities in
Saudi Arabia

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