Qatar — Asia/Qatar
The current local time in the Asia/Qatar IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Qatar. The zone is currently at UTC +03:00 · GMT+3 and does not observe daylight saving time.
Asia/Qatar
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +03:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Asia/Qatar
Qatar vs. major cities
How far Qatar is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Qatar, 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 Qatar | 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 Qatar 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 Qatar
Since 1970, Qatar has gone through 2 distinct time-keeping periods, none of them with daylight saving time. Since 1972 it has stayed on UTC +03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Qatar stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1971 | UTC +04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1972–2026 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Qatar
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Asia/Qatar on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Asia/Aden Amman Asia/Amman Baghdad Asia/Baghdad Bahrain Asia/Bahrain Damascus Asia/Damascus Kuwait Asia/Kuwait Riyadh Asia/Riyadh Addis Ababa Africa/Addis_Ababa Asmera Africa/Asmera Dar es Salaam Africa/Dar_es_Salaam Djibouti Africa/Djibouti Kampala Africa/Kampala Mogadishu Africa/Mogadishu Nairobi Africa/Nairobi Syowa Antarctica/Syowa Istanbul Europe/Istanbul Kirov Europe/Kirov Minsk Europe/Minsk More references for Asia/Qatar
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