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Dhahran, Arabia Saudí
02:55:34 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Riyadh

Dhahran
City in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Hora local actual
02:55:34 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zona horaria
AST
Asia/Riyadh · UTC+03:00
Próximo festivo
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Solapamiento laboral ahora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Dhahran right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
RUH
King Khalid International Airport · 373 km
Aeropuertos indexados
3
Curated airport references available for Arabia Saudí
Snapshot at render time: 02:55:34 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Dhahran (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
27°C, Overcast
Feels like 28°C · Humidity 56% · Wind 8 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:03 AM to 06:10 PM
Day length 13h 7m · Solar noon 11:37 AM
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Population
99.5K
Coordinates
26.29, 50.11
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh
Aeropuertos indexados
3
Capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
Read time for Dhahran from the Asia/Riyadh zone (AST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 99.5K residents and ranks #29 among curated Arabia Saudí entries.
The coordinates 26.29°N, 50.11°E put Dhahran roughly 2918 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 05:03 AM and sets around 06:10 PM in Dhahran — about 13h 7m of daylight. Arabia Saudí stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Khobar (9 km from Dhahran) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Arabia Saudí.
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 Dhahran.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 12:55 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 07:55 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:55 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:55 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 07:55 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 08:55 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:55 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:55 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Dhahran está en la zona horaria Asia/Riyadh (AST), con un desfase UTC de +03:00.
Dhahran no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Dhahran es UTC+03:00.
Dhahran sits at 26.29°N, 50.11°E in Arabia Saudí, with about 99.5K residents (rank #29 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Dhahran is Dubai, about 530 km away as the crow flies.
Khobar is the closest indexed city, roughly 9 km from Dhahran.
King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 373 km from Dhahran.
Dhahran is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Together with the nearby cities of Dammam and Khobar, Dhahran forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area, which is commonly known as greater Dammam and has an estimated population of 2.2 million as of 2022.
Distance-wise, Dhahran is closest to Dubai (~530 km), London (~5,036 km), Singapore (~6,366 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,194 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Dhahran sits inside Arabia Saudí — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).
Around Dhahran, the nearest mapped reference cities are Khobar (9 km), Thuqbah (10 km), Dammam (16 km), Sayhāt (23 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Dhahran: RUH Riyadh (373 km), MED Medina (1063 km), JED Jeddah (1225 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 · 373 km from Dhahran
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 14m
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMED
Medina · 1063 km from Dhahran
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 7m
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · 1225 km from Dhahran
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 19m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now