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Ras Al Khaimah, Émirats arabes unis
01:09:31 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Dubai

Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Emirate and one of the constituents of the United Arab Emirates
Heure locale actuelle
01:09:31 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuseau horaire
GST
Asia/Dubai · UTC+04:00
Prochain jour férié
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Ras Al Khaimah right now
Aéroport le plus proche
RKT
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · 20 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Émirats arabes unis
Snapshot at render time: 01:09:31 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Ras Al Khaimah (UTC+04:00, GST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
31°C, Clear sky
Feels like 30°C · Humidity 28% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:40 AM to 06:46 PM
Day length 13h 6m · Solar noon 12:13 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ras Al Khaimah local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
351.9K
Coordinates
25.79, 55.94
Timezone
Asia/Dubai
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Languages
Arabic
Currency
AED (د.إ)
Country area
83,600 km²
Local time in Ras Al Khaimah runs on the GST, UTC+04:00 clock; with roughly 351.9K residents the city (rank #7 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Émirats arabes unis.
Geographically, Ras Al Khaimah is at 25.79°N, 55.94°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 2863 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:40 AM and sets around 06:46 PM in Ras Al Khaimah — about 13h 6m of daylight. Émirats arabes unis stays on standard time here, so UTC+04:00 is stable through the year.
Dibba Al-Hisn (38 km from Ras Al Khaimah) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Émirats arabes unis.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
GST
IANA Zone
Asia/Dubai
UTC Offset
UTC+04:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+04:00
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Mauritius, Reunion, Russia
Other cities in this timezone
London
-3h
New York
-8h
Los Angeles
-11h
Singapore
+4h
Tokyo
+5h
Sydney
+6h
São Paulo
-7h
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 Ras Al Khaimah.
Ras Al Khaimah is the northernmost of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The city of Ras Al Khaimah, abbreviated to RAK or RAK City, is the capital of the emirate and home to most of the emirate's residents. It is linked to the Islamic trading port of Julfar, its predecessor settlement. Its name in English means "headland of the tent". The emirate borders Oman's exclave of Musandam, and occupies part of the same peninsula. It covers an area of 2,486 km2 (960 sq mi) and has 68 km of beach coastline. As of 2023, the emirate had a population of about 400,000.
From Ras Al Khaimah the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~94 km), London (~5,472 km), Singapore (~5,795 km), while Los Angeles sits about 13,333 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Ras Al Khaimah sits inside Émirats arabes unis — the Western Asia subregion, capital Abu Dhabi, languages Arabic, currency AED (د.إ).
Dibba Al-Hisn (38 km), Dibba Al-Fujairah (39 km), Umm Al Quwain City (46 km), Khasab (53 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Ras Al Khaimah — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Ras Al Khaimah: RKT Ras Al Khaimah (20 km), SHJ Sharjah (67 km), DXB Dubai (83 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
The UAE’s stable UTC+4 schedule makes it a good explanatory anchor for Gulf time.
Ras Al Khaimah International AirportRKT
Ras Al Khaimah · 20 km from Ras Al Khaimah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Sharjah International AirportSHJ
Sharjah · 67 km from Ras Al Khaimah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Dubai International AirportDXB
Dubai · 83 km from Ras Al Khaimah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Fujairah International AirportFJR
Fujairah · 85 km from Ras Al Khaimah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 52m
Al Maktoum International AirportDWC
Dubai(Jebel Ali) · 127 km from Ras Al Khaimah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
Exchange snapshot
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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 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 10:09 PM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 05:09 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 02:09 PM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 05:09 AM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 06:09 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 07:09 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 06:09 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
Dibba Al-Hisn
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 38 km away
Dibba Al-Fujairah
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 39 km away
Umm Al Quwain City
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 46 km away
Khasab
Oman
Approx. 53 km away
Adh Dhayd
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 56 km away
Al Ḩamīdīyah
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 60 km away
Al Jurf
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 60 km away
Al Sajaah
Émirats arabes unis
Approx. 61 km away
Ras Al Khaimah est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Dubai (GST), avec un décalage UTC de +04:00.
Ras Al Khaimah n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Ras Al Khaimah est UTC+04:00.
Ras Al Khaimah sits at 25.79°N, 55.94°E in Émirats arabes unis, with about 351.9K residents (rank #7 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ras Al Khaimah is Dubai, about 94 km away as the crow flies.
Dibba Al-Hisn is the closest indexed city, roughly 38 km from Ras Al Khaimah.
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (RKT) is the closest curated airport reference, about 20 km from Ras Al Khaimah.