Current time in Bahrain
Local time in Bahrain
The time in Bahrain is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Bahrain is Arabia Standard Time (AST). Bahrain is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1972.
Details for the time in Bahrain
| Current time | 8 p.m.
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| Time zone | Arabia Standard Time (AST) |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Bahrain |
| Your time difference | 8 hours ahead of Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC+3 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Bahrain Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Bahrain is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Bahrain
Bahrain uses Arabia Standard Time AST. AST is UTC + 0300. Bahrain's latitude and longitude is 26° 00' N and 50° 33' E. Therefore a three hours offset to UTC is not surprising. Bahrain is a relatively small island meaning there is almost no time difference between the sunrise in the east and the west of the country.
Important cities in Bahrain
The current time in some important cities in Bahrain is shown below.
Time in Bahrain