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Ar Ruţbah, Irak
10:15:08 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad

Ar-Rutbah
Town in Al-Anbar, Iraq
Aktuelle Ortszeit
10:15:08 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
AST
Asia/Baghdad · UTC+03:00
Nächster Feiertag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ar Ruţbah right now
Nächster Flughafen
BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 368 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 10:15:08 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Ar Ruţbah (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
21°C, Clear sky
Feels like 21°C · Humidity 52% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:33 AM to 06:59 PM
Day length 13h 26m · Solar noon 12:16 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ar Ruţbah local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
The Mandalorian and Grogu (Theatrical Release)
release-movieFreitag, 22. Mai 2026
23 days to go
The Mandalorian and Grogu
release-movieFreitag, 22. Mai 2026
23 days to go
Pentecost 2026
religiousSonntag, 24. Mai 2026
25 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiousMontag, 25. Mai 2026
26 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularMontag, 25. Mai 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gameDienstag, 26. Mai 2026
27 days to go
Population
22.4K
Coordinates
33.04, 40.29
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Indexierte Flughäfen
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Read time for Ar Ruţbah from the Asia/Baghdad zone (AST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 22.4K residents and ranks #80 among curated Irak entries.
The coordinates 33.04°N, 40.29°E put Ar Ruţbah roughly 3667 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:33 AM and sets around 06:59 PM in Ar Ruţbah — about 13h 26m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Rukban (150 km from Ar Ruţbah) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Irak.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Baghdad
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+03:00
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria
Other cities in this timezone
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Ar Ruţbah.
Ar-Rutbah is an Iraqi town in western Al Anbar province, predominantly inhabited by Sunni Arabs. The population is approximately 28,400. It occupies a strategic location on the Amman–Baghdad road, and the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline. Considered a "wet spot", it receives 114.3 mm (4.5 inches) of rain annually, and is located on a high plateau. It has been described as "the most isolated town of any size in Iraq."
Distance-wise, Ar Ruţbah is closest to Dubai (~1,694 km), London (~3,838 km), Singapore (~7,480 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,736 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Ar Ruţbah sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Around Ar Ruţbah, the nearest mapped reference cities are Rukban (150 km), Al Qā’im (164 km), Ālbū Kamāl (168 km), Hajīn (191 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Ar Ruţbah: BGW Baghdad (368 km), OSM Mosul (448 km), EBL Arbil (488 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBGW
Baghdad · 368 km from Ar Ruţbah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 448 km from Ar Ruţbah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 488 km from Ar Ruţbah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 750 km from Ar Ruţbah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 43m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:15 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:15 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:15 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:15 AM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 03:15 PM | +5h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 04:15 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 05:15 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:15 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ar Ruţbah liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Baghdad (AST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +03:00.
Ar Ruţbah beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Ar Ruţbah ist UTC+03:00.
Ar Ruţbah sits at 33.04°N, 40.29°E in Irak, with about 22.4K residents (rank #80 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ar Ruţbah is Dubai, about 1,694 km away as the crow flies.
Rukban is the closest indexed city, roughly 150 km from Ar Ruţbah.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 368 km from Ar Ruţbah.