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Shaqra, Saoedi-Arabië
04:02:46 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Riyadh

Shaqra (Saudi Arabia)
City in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
Huidige lokale tijd
04:02:46 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 Shaqra right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
RUH
King Khalid International Airport · 149 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Curated airport references available for Saoedi-Arabië
Snapshot at render time: 04:02:46 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Shaqra (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
17°C, Clear sky
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 66% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:24 AM to 06:28 PM
Day length 13h 4m · Solar noon 11:56 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Shaqra local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
32.2K
Coordinates
25.24, 45.25
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
Local time in Shaqra runs on the AST, UTC+03:00 clock; with roughly 32.2K residents the city (rank #60 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Saoedi-Arabië.
Geographically, Shaqra is at 25.24°N, 45.25°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 2802 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:24 AM and sets around 06:28 PM in Shaqra — about 13h 4m of daylight. Saoedi-Arabië stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Ad Dawādimī (119 km from Shaqra) 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 Shaqra.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:02 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 09:02 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 06:02 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:02 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:02 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:02 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:02 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:02 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ad Dawādimī
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 119 km away
Al Mithnab
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 124 km away
Az Zulfī
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 126 km away
Ad Dir‘īyah
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 141 km away
‘Irqah
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 151 km away
Unaizah
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 158 km away
Riyadh
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 160 km away
Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá
Saoedi-Arabië
Approx. 173 km away
Shaqra bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Riyadh (AST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +03:00.
Shaqra hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Shaqra is UTC+03:00.
Shaqra sits at 25.24°N, 45.25°E in Saoedi-Arabië, with about 32.2K residents (rank #60 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Shaqra is Dubai, about 1,008 km away as the crow flies.
Ad Dawādimī is the closest indexed city, roughly 119 km from Shaqra.
King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 149 km from Shaqra.
Shaqra is a town in central Saudi Arabia, The city is located about 190 kilometers north-west of the capital Riyadh. It is a small city which is now growing due to the newly opened Shaqra University. The city is peaceful and well designed and most of the daily necessities are available. Its astronomical location, as it is located at the intersection of latitude 15 and 25 north with longitude 15 and 45 east, so that it occupies an intermediate position between longitude and latitude in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which extends north to latitude 32 and south to latitude 16. ،
From Shaqra the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~1,008 km), London (~4,801 km), Singapore (~6,806 km), while Los Angeles sits about 13,196 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Shaqra sits inside Saoedi-Arabië — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).
Ad Dawādimī (119 km), Al Mithnab (124 km), Az Zulfī (126 km), Ad Dir‘īyah (141 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Shaqra — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Shaqra: RUH Riyadh (149 km), MED Medina (565 km), JED Jeddah (737 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.
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · 149 km from Shaqra
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMED
Medina · 565 km from Shaqra
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 28m
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · 737 km from Shaqra
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 42m
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