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Live local time
Balad, Irak
04:47:55 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad
Hora local actual
04:47:55 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zona horaria
AST
Asia/Baghdad · UTC+03:00
Próximo festivo
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Solapamiento laboral ahora
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Balad right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 84 km
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 04:47:55 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Balad (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
28°C, Clear sky
Feels like 25°C · Humidity 29% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:16 AM to 06:45 PM
Day length 13h 29m · Solar noon 12:01 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Balad local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Pentecost 2026
religiousdomingo, 24 de mayo de 2026
25 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslunes, 25 de mayo de 2026
26 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlunes, 25 de mayo de 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemartes, 26 de mayo de 2026
27 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemiércoles, 27 de mayo de 2026
28 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicmiércoles, 27 de mayo de 2026
28 days to go
Population
42.1K
Coordinates
34.01, 44.15
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Local time in Balad runs on the AST, UTC+03:00 clock; with roughly 42.1K residents the city (rank #60 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Irak.
The coordinates 34.01°N, 44.15°E put Balad roughly 3776 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 05:16 AM and sets around 06:45 PM in Balad — about 13h 29m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Ad Dujayl (20 km from Balad) 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 Balad.
Balad is the curated reference for this corner of Irak on WorldClockTools — the page focuses on what changes day-to-day rather than restating a generic clock.
Distance-wise, Balad is closest to Dubai (~1,453 km), London (~4,022 km), Singapore (~7,164 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,445 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Balad sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Around Balad, the nearest mapped reference cities are Ad Dujayl (20 km), Sāmarrā’ (31 km), Khāliş (43 km), Baqubah (51 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Balad: BGW Baghdad (84 km), EBL Arbil (248 km), OSM Mosul (270 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 · 84 km from Balad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 248 km from Balad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 270 km from Balad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 508 km from Balad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
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 | 02:47 PM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 09:47 AM | -7h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 06:47 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:47 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:47 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:47 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:47 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:47 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
Balad está en la zona horaria Asia/Baghdad (AST), con un desfase UTC de +03:00.
Balad no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Balad es UTC+03:00.
Balad sits at 34.01°N, 44.15°E in Irak, with about 42.1K residents (rank #60 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Balad is Dubai, about 1,453 km away as the crow flies.
Ad Dujayl is the closest indexed city, roughly 20 km from Balad.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 84 km from Balad.