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Sakakah, Saoedi-Arabië
06:38:30 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Riyadh

Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
City in Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia
Huidige lokale tijd
06:38:30 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
AST
Asia/Riyadh · UTC+03:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Sakakah right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
MED
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 604 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Curated airport references available for Saoedi-Arabië
Snapshot at render time: 06:38:30 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Sakakah (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
18°C, Clear sky
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 51% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:38 AM to 06:55 PM
Day length 13h 17m · Solar noon 12:17 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Sakakah local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
128.3K
Coordinates
29.97, 40.21
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
Local time in Sakakah runs on the AST, UTC+03:00 clock; with roughly 128.3K residents the city (rank #24 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Saoedi-Arabië.
Geographically, Sakakah is at 29.97°N, 40.21°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3327 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:38 AM and sets around 06:55 PM in Sakakah — about 13h 17m of daylight. Saoedi-Arabië stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Arar (137 km from Sakakah) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Saoedi-Arabië.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Riyadh
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
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 Sakakah.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 04:38 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 11:38 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 08:38 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 07:38 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 11:38 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 12:38 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 01:38 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 12:38 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Arar
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 137 km away
Ţubarjal
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 200 km away
Ţurayf
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 240 km away
Turaif
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 240 km away
Taymā’
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 307 km away
Ha'il
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 308 km away
Baq‘ā’
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 313 km away
Qurayyat
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 313 km away
Sakakah bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Riyadh (AST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +03:00.
Sakakah hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Sakakah is UTC+03:00.
Sakakah sits at 29.97°N, 40.21°E in Saoedi-Arabië, with about 128.3K residents (rank #24 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Sakakah is Dubai, about 1,575 km away as the crow flies.
Arar is the closest indexed city, roughly 137 km from Sakakah.
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED) is the closest curated airport reference, about 604 km from Sakakah.
Sakākā, often spelled Sakakah is a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia which is the capital of Al-Jawf Province. It is located at 650 metres above sea level just to the north of the An Nafud desert. Sakakah had a population of 204,174 at the 2022 census.
From Sakakah the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~1,575 km), London (~4,078 km), Singapore (~7,409 km), while Sydney sits about 13,613 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Sakakah sits inside Saoedi-Arabië — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).
Arar (137 km), Ţubarjal (200 km), Ţurayf (240 km), Turaif (240 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Sakakah — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Sakakah: MED Medina (604 km), RUH Riyadh (849 km), JED Jeddah (928 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.
Saudi pages should explain how the country lines up with the Gulf, Egypt, Europe, and South Asia during the same working day.
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMED
Medina · 604 km from Sakakah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 31m
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · 849 km from Sakakah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 50m
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · 928 km from Sakakah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 56m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now