Huidige Tijd in Dhahran, Saoedi-Arabië — AST.

Dhahran is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Together with the nearby cities of Dammam and Khobar, Dhahran forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area, which is commonly known as greater Dammam and has an estimated population of 2.2 million as of 2022.

Distance-wise, Dhahran is closest to Dubai (~530 km), London (~5,036 km), Singapore (~6,366 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,194 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Dhahran sits inside Saoedi-Arabië — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).

Around Dhahran, the nearest mapped reference cities are Khobar (9 km), Thuqbah (10 km), Dammam (16 km), Sayhāt (23 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.

Closest curated airport references from Dhahran: RUH Riyadh (373 km), MED Medina (1063 km), JED Jeddah (1225 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.