Time in Riyadh
The current offset in Riyadh is UTC+3, on the Asia/Riyadh zone. Its clocks never change, so that offset holds all year.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Asia/Riyadh
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC+3
- Daylight offset
- —
- Country
- Saudi Arabia (SA)
- Coordinates
- 24.71, 46.68
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
- 05:30
- Sunset
- 18:23
- Daylight
- 12 hours 53 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Riyadh in?
- Riyadh uses the Asia/Riyadh time zone, currently UTC+3. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Riyadh observe daylight saving time?
- No. Riyadh keeps UTC+3 all year round, so its offset from UTC never changes.
- What is the difference between Riyadh and UTC?
- UTC+3 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 Riyadh?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 05:30 and sunset 18:23 local time, giving 12 hours 53 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.