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Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien
01:39:12 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Riyadh

Riyadh
Capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia
Aktuelle Ortszeit
01:39:12 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zeitzone
AST
Asia/Riyadh · UTC+03:00
Nächster Feiertag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Riyadh right now
Nächster Flughafen
RUH
King Khalid International Airport · 30 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Curated airport references available for Saudi-Arabien
Snapshot at render time: 01:39:12 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Riyadh (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
27°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 25°C · Humidity 30% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:19 AM to 06:21 PM
Day length 13h 2m · Solar noon 11:50 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Riyadh local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
4.2M
Coordinates
24.69, 46.72
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
For Saudi-Arabien, Riyadh (rank #2 by population in this dataset) reads AST, UTC+03:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Riyadh, and the city's roughly 4.2M residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 24.69°N, 46.72°E put Riyadh roughly 2740 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 05:19 AM and sets around 06:21 PM in Riyadh — about 13h 2m of daylight. Saudi-Arabien stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
‘Irqah (11 km from Riyadh) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Saudi-Arabien.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Riyadh
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
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 Riyadh.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:39 PM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:39 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:39 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:39 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:39 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:39 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:39 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:39 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
‘Irqah
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 11 km away
Ad Dir‘īyah
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 20 km away
Al Kharj
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 86 km away
Ad Dilam
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 89 km away
Rumāḩ
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 107 km away
Shaqra
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 160 km away
Ad Dawādimī
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 236 km away
Az Zulfī
Saudi-Arabien
Approx. 262 km away
Riyadh liegt in der Zeitzone Asia/Riyadh (AST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +03:00.
Riyadh beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Riyadh ist UTC+03:00.
Riyadh sits at 24.69°N, 46.72°E in Saudi-Arabien, with about 4.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Riyadh is Dubai, about 864 km away as the crow flies.
‘Irqah is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Riyadh.
King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 30 km from Riyadh.
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in the 1950s as an expansion of the 18th-century walled town, following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications.
Distance-wise, Riyadh is closest to Dubai (~864 km), London (~4,944 km), Singapore (~6,648 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,293 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Riyadh sits inside Saudi-Arabien — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).
Around Riyadh, the nearest mapped reference cities are ‘Irqah (11 km), Ad Dir‘īyah (20 km), Al Kharj (86 km), Ad Dilam (89 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Riyadh: RUH Riyadh (30 km), MED Medina (709 km), JED Jeddah (842 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.
Saudi Arabia is one of the clearest cases where daily prayer timing shapes the value of a time page.
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · 30 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMED
Medina · 709 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 40m
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · 842 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 50m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now