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Kirkuk, Irak
02:04:54 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad

Kirkuk
City in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
Heure locale actuelle
02:04:54 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
AST
Asia/Baghdad · UTC+03:00
Prochain jour férié
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kirkuk right now
Aéroport le plus proche
EBL
Erbil International Airport · 94 km
Aéroports indexés
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 02:04:54 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kirkuk (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
23°C, Overcast
Feels like 23°C · Humidity 54% · Wind 10 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:12 AM to 06:46 PM
Day length 13h 34m · Solar noon 11:59 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kirkuk local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1M
Coordinates
35.47, 44.39
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Aéroports indexés
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
For Irak, Kirkuk (rank #8 by population in this dataset) reads AST, UTC+03:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Baghdad, and the city's roughly 1M residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 35.47°N, 44.39°E put Kirkuk roughly 3937 km from the equator in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:12 AM and sets around 06:46 PM in Kirkuk — about 13h 34m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Jamjamāl (41 km from Kirkuk) 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 Kirkuk.
Kirkuk is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate. The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River.
Distance-wise, Kirkuk is closest to Dubai (~1,545 km), London (~3,931 km), Singapore (~7,191 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,484 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Kirkuk sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Around Kirkuk, the nearest mapped reference cities are Jamjamāl (41 km), Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km), Koysinceq (72 km), Erbil (87 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.
Closest curated airport references from Kirkuk: EBL Arbil (94 km), OSM Mosul (146 km), BGW Baghdad (246 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.
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 94 km from Kirkuk
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 52m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 146 km from Kirkuk
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBGW
Baghdad · 246 km from Kirkuk
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 626 km from Kirkuk
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 33m
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
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 12:04 PM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 07:04 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:04 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:04 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 07:04 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 08:04 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:04 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:04 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kirkuk est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Baghdad (AST), avec un décalage UTC de +03:00.
Kirkuk n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Kirkuk est UTC+03:00.
Kirkuk sits at 35.47°N, 44.39°E in Irak, with about 1M residents (rank #8 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kirkuk is Dubai, about 1,545 km away as the crow flies.
Jamjamāl is the closest indexed city, roughly 41 km from Kirkuk.
Erbil International Airport (EBL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 94 km from Kirkuk.