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Tikrīt, Irak
01:55:58 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad

Tikrit
City in Saladin, Iraq
Aktuelle Ortszeit
01:55:58 PM
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
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Tikrīt right now
Nächster Flughafen
BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 159 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 01:55:58 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Tikrīt (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
27°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 27°C · Humidity 39% · Wind 14 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:17 AM to 06:48 PM
Day length 13h 31m · Solar noon 12:03 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Tikrīt local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
42.5K
Coordinates
34.62, 43.68
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Indexierte Flughäfen
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Tikrīt (rank #59 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Baghdad (AST, UTC+03:00) with roughly 42.5K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Irak.
The coordinates 34.62°N, 43.68°E put Tikrīt roughly 3842 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 05:17 AM and sets around 06:48 PM in Tikrīt — about 13h 31m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Bayjī (39 km from Tikrīt) 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 Tikrīt.
Tikrit is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. In 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000. Tikrit is widely regarded as the cultural capital of Iraqi Sunni Arabs, with control of the city carrying symbolic weight due to its former prestige.
Distance-wise, Tikrīt is closest to Dubai (~1,529 km), London (~3,945 km), Singapore (~7,225 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,510 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Tikrīt sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Around Tikrīt, the nearest mapped reference cities are Bayjī (39 km), Sāmarrā’ (50 km), Balad (79 km), Ţūz Khūrmātū (92 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Tikrīt: BGW Baghdad (159 km), EBL Arbil (182 km), OSM Mosul (194 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 · 159 km from Tikrīt
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 182 km from Tikrīt
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 194 km from Tikrīt
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 586 km from Tikrīt
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 30m
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
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:55 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:55 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:55 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:55 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:55 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:55 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:55 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:55 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Tikrīt liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Baghdad (AST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +03:00.
Tikrīt beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Tikrīt ist UTC+03:00.
Tikrīt sits at 34.62°N, 43.68°E in Irak, with about 42.5K residents (rank #59 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Tikrīt is Dubai, about 1,529 km away as the crow flies.
Bayjī is the closest indexed city, roughly 39 km from Tikrīt.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 159 km from Tikrīt.