Current time in Saudi Arabia
Local time in Saudi Arabia
The time in Saudi Arabia is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in Saudi Arabia
| Current time |
5:34 a.m.
|
| Timezone | Asia/Riyadh (+03) |
| Olson timezone name | Asia/Riyadh |
| Time difference | 8 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Saudi Arabia Daylight Saving time (DST)
Saudi Arabia does not observe daylight savings.Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia uses Arabia Standard Time AST. AST is UTC +0300. Saudi Arabia’s latitude and longitude is 24° 0′ N and 45° 0′ E. Therefore being three hours ahead of UTC is perfect for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s latitude is not very high. Because of this the country has no big use for daylight savings time.
Important cities in Saudi Arabia
The current time in some important cities in Saudi Arabia is shown below.