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Al-Kut, Irak
04:47:56 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad

Kut
City in Wasit Governorate, Iraq
Hora local actual
04:47:56 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 Al-Kut right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 170 km
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 04:47:56 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Al-Kut (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
28°C, Overcast
Feels like 26°C · Humidity 39% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:11 AM to 06:36 PM
Day length 13h 25m · Solar noon 11:54 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Al-Kut local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
315.2K
Coordinates
32.51, 45.82
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Aeropuertos indexados
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Read time for Al-Kut from the Asia/Baghdad zone (AST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 315.2K residents and ranks #18 among curated Irak entries.
Al-Kut sits at 32.51°N, 45.82°E; that's the subtropics (Northern Hemisphere, ~3609 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:11 AM and sets around 06:36 PM in Al-Kut — about 13h 25m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
An Nu‘mānīyah (38 km from Al-Kut) 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 Al-Kut.
Kūt, officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara or Kut Al Amara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 160 kilometres south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. As of 2018 the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It is the capital of the province long known as Al Kut, but since the 1960s renamed Wasit.
Reading Al-Kut against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,227 km), London (~4,250 km), Singapore (~6,967 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~13,236 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Al-Kut sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
The closest mapped neighbors of Al-Kut are An Nu‘mānīyah (38 km), Al Ḩayy (43 km), ‘Afak (73 km), Qal‘at Sukkar (76 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Closest curated airport references from Al-Kut: BGW Baghdad (170 km), BSR Basra (280 km), EBL Arbil (448 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 · 170 km from Al-Kut
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 58m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 280 km from Al-Kut
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 448 km from Al-Kut
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 488 km from Al-Kut
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
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 |
Al-Kut está en la zona horaria Asia/Baghdad (AST), con un desfase UTC de +03:00.
Al-Kut no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Al-Kut es UTC+03:00.
Al-Kut sits at 32.51°N, 45.82°E in Irak, with about 315.2K residents (rank #18 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Al-Kut is Dubai, about 1,227 km away as the crow flies.
An Nu‘mānīyah is the closest indexed city, roughly 38 km from Al-Kut.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 170 km from Al-Kut.