Time in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
The current local time in Saudi Arabia is anchored on Riyadh (Asia/Riyadh, UTC +03:00 · GMT+3).
Riyadh local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Saudi Arabia at a glance
- Capital
- Riyadh
- ISO codes
- SA · SAU
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +966
- Currency
- Saudi Riyal (SAR)
- Work week
- Sunday to Thursday
- Weekend
- Friday and Saturday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Saudi Arabia
All of Saudi Arabia keeps the same clock, UTC +03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Riyadh · Riyadh | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Riyadh vs. major cities
How far Riyadh is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Riyadh, 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 Riyadh | 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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh
Riyadh 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: Riyadh stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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