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Live local time
Doha, Catar
08:48:56 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Qatar

Doha
Capital and largest city of Qatar
Hora local actual
08:48:56 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
AST
Asia/Qatar · 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 Doha right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
DIA
Doha International Airport · 5 km
Aeropuertos indexados
2
Curated airport references available for Catar
Snapshot at render time: 08:48:56 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Doha (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
27°C, Clear sky
Feels like 26°C · Humidity 36% · Wind 15 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
04:58 AM to 06:03 PM
Day length 13h 5m · Solar noon 11:31 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Doha local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
344.9K
Coordinates
25.29, 51.53
Timezone
Asia/Qatar
Aeropuertos indexados
2
Capital
Doha
Languages
Arabic
Currency
QAR (ر.ق)
Country area
11,586 km²
Local time in Doha runs on the AST, UTC+03:00 clock; with roughly 344.9K residents the city (rank #1 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Catar.
The coordinates 25.29°N, 51.53°E put Doha roughly 2807 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 04:58 AM and sets around 06:03 PM in Doha — about 13h 5m of daylight. Catar stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Al Ghānim (1 km from Doha) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Catar.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Qatar
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
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 Doha.
Doha is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city and over 80% of the nation's population live in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, which is known collectively as the Doha Metropolitan Area.
Distance-wise, Doha is closest to Dubai (~376 km), London (~5,214 km), Singapore (~6,198 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,329 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Doha sits inside Catar — the Western Asia subregion, capital Doha, languages Arabic, currency QAR (ر.ق).
Around Doha, the nearest mapped reference cities are Al Ghānim (1 km), Al Manşūrah (2 km), An Najmah (2 km), Al Hilāl al Gharbīyah (3 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Doha: DIA Doha (5 km), DOH Doha (8 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Doha International AirportDIA
Doha · 5 km from Doha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Hamad International AirportDOH
Doha · 8 km from Doha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:48 PM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:48 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:48 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:48 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 01:48 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 02:48 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 03:48 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 02:48 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Doha está en la zona horaria Asia/Qatar (AST), con un desfase UTC de +03:00.
Doha no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Doha es UTC+03:00.
Doha sits at 25.29°N, 51.53°E in Catar, with about 344.9K residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Doha is Dubai, about 376 km away as the crow flies.
Al Ghānim is the closest indexed city, roughly 1 km from Doha.
Doha International Airport (DIA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 5 km from Doha.