Current time in Kuwait
Local time in Kuwait
The time in Kuwait is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Chicago. The timezone in Kuwait is Arabia Standard Time (AST). Kuwait is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1947.
Details for the time in Kuwait
| Current time | 2:42 a.m.
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| Time zone | Arabia Standard Time (AST) |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Kuwait |
| Your time difference | 8 hours ahead of Chicago |
| UTC time difference | UTC+3 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Kuwait Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Kuwait is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Kuwait
Kuwait uses Arabia Standard Time AST. AST is UTC +0300. Kuwait's latitude and longitude is 29° 30' N and 47° 45' E. therefore a three hours offset between AST and UTC is very suitable for Kuwait. Kuwait is a small country. The takes the sun just a few minutes to “travel” from the east to the west of the Kuwait.
Important cities in Kuwait
The current time in some important cities in Kuwait is shown below.
Time in Kuwait