Time in Dubai
Dubai runs on Asia/Dubai, currently UTC+4 (GST). Its clocks never change, so that offset holds all year.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Asia/Dubai
- Abbreviation
- GST
- Standard offset
- UTC+4
- Daylight offset
- —
- Country
- United Arab Emirates (AE)
- Coordinates
- 25.20, 55.27
Daylight saving time
This city does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year.
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 05:55
- Sunset
- 18:49
- Daylight
- 12 hours 54 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Dubai in?
- Dubai uses the Asia/Dubai time zone, currently UTC+4 (GST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Dubai observe daylight saving time?
- No. Dubai keeps UTC+4 all year round, so its offset from UTC never changes.
- What is the difference between Dubai and UTC?
- UTC+4 as of the last rebuild. That figure is constant, because the city does not change its clocks.
- When does the sun rise and set in Dubai?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 05:55 and sunset 18:49 local time, giving 12 hours 54 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.