Time in Kuwait 🇰🇼
The current local time in Kuwait is anchored on Kuwait City (Asia/Kuwait, UTC +03:00 · GMT+3).
Kuwait City local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Kuwait at a glance
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- ISO codes
- KW · KWT
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +965
- Currency
- Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)
- Work week
- Sunday to Thursday
- Weekend
- Friday and Saturday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Kuwait
All of Kuwait keeps the same clock, UTC +03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Kuwait · Kuwait City | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Kuwait City vs. major cities
How far Kuwait City is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Kuwait City, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Kuwait City | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Kuwait City time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Kuwait City
Kuwait City has kept the same UTC +03:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Kuwait City stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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