Time in United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
The current local time in United Arab Emirates is anchored on Abu Dhabi (Asia/Dubai, UTC +04:00 · GST).
Abu Dhabi local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GST
United Arab Emirates at a glance
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- ISO codes
- AE · ARE
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +971
- Currency
- United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in United Arab Emirates
All of United Arab Emirates keeps the same clock, UTC +04:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Dubai · Dubai | UTC +04:00 | — | None |
Abu Dhabi vs. major cities
How far Abu Dhabi is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Abu Dhabi, 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 Abu Dhabi | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −8 h | 01:00 | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −11 h | 22:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | +1:30 h | 10:30 | 09:00–15:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +4 h | 13:00 | 09:00–13:00 |
| Beijing · China | +4 h | 13:00 | 09:00–13:00 |
| Tokyo · Japan | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Abu Dhabi 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 Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi has kept the same UTC +04:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Abu Dhabi stays on UTC +04:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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