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Umm Qaşr, Irak
02:06:08 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Baghdad

Umm Qasr
Port city in Basra Governate, Iraq
Huidige lokale tijd
02:06:08 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
AST
Asia/Baghdad · UTC+03:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Umm Qaşr right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
BSR
Basra International Airport · 62 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
4
Curated airport references available for Irak
Snapshot at render time: 02:06:08 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Umm Qaşr (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
32°C, Clear sky
Feels like 31°C · Humidity 26% · Wind 15 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:07 AM to 06:24 PM
Day length 13h 17m · Solar noon 11:46 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Umm Qaşr local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techdinsdag 12 mei 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvrijdag 15 mei 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevrijdag 15 mei 2026
16 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicalmaandag 18 mei 2026
19 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamedinsdag 19 mei 2026
20 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynotedinsdag 19 mei 2026
20 days to go
Population
107.6K
Coordinates
30.04, 47.92
Timezone
Asia/Baghdad
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
4
Capital
Baghdad
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Country area
438,317 km²
Umm Qaşr (rank #38 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Baghdad (AST, UTC+03:00) with roughly 107.6K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Irak.
Geographically, Umm Qaşr is at 30.04°N, 47.92°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3334 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:07 AM and sets around 06:24 PM in Umm Qaşr — about 13h 17m of daylight. Irak stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Az Zubayr (45 km from Umm Qaşr) 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 Umm Qaşr.
Umm Qasr is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on the canalised Khawr az-Zubayr, part of the Khawr Abd Allah estuary which leads to the Persian Gulf. It is separated from the border of Kuwait by a small inlet. A bridge across the waterway linked the port with Kuwait prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
From Umm Qaşr the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~901 km), London (~4,585 km), Singapore (~6,694 km), while Sydney sits about 12,940 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Umm Qaşr sits inside Irak — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baghdad, languages Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani, currency IQD (ع.د).
Az Zubayr (45 km), Abadan (50 km), Khorramshahr (52 km), Al Başrah al Qadīmah (53 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Umm Qaşr — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Umm Qaşr: BSR Basra (62 km), BGW Baghdad (500 km), EBL Arbil (782 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.
Basra International AirportBSR
Basra · 62 km from Umm Qaşr
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBGW
Baghdad · 500 km from Umm Qaşr
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
Erbil International AirportEBL
Arbil · 782 km from Umm Qaşr
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 45m
Mosul International AirportOSM
Mosul · 826 km from Umm Qaşr
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 49m
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 | 12:06 PM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 07:06 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:06 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:06 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 07:06 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 08:06 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:06 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:06 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Umm Qaşr bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Baghdad (AST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +03:00.
Umm Qaşr hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Umm Qaşr is UTC+03:00.
Umm Qaşr sits at 30.04°N, 47.92°E in Irak, with about 107.6K residents (rank #38 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Umm Qaşr is Dubai, about 901 km away as the crow flies.
Az Zubayr is the closest indexed city, roughly 45 km from Umm Qaşr.
Basra International Airport (BSR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 62 km from Umm Qaşr.