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Live local time
Business Bay, Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
06:10:13 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Asia/Dubai

Economy of the United Arab Emirates
Huidige lokale tijd
06:10:13 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Tijdzone
GST
Asia/Dubai · UTC+04:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Business Bay right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
DXB
Dubai International Airport · 12 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Snapshot at render time: 06:10:13 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Business Bay (UTC+04:00, GST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
30°C, Clear sky
Feels like 34°C · Humidity 62% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:43 AM to 06:48 PM
Day length 13h 5m · Solar noon 12:16 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Business Bay local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynotewoensdag 6 mei 2026
6 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-secularzondag 10 mei 2026
10 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techdinsdag 12 mei 2026
12 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvrijdag 15 mei 2026
15 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevrijdag 15 mei 2026
15 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicalmaandag 18 mei 2026
18 days to go
Population
191K
Coordinates
25.19, 55.27
Timezone
Asia/Dubai
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Languages
Arabic
Currency
AED (د.إ)
Country area
83,600 km²
For Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, Business Bay (rank #10 by population in this dataset) reads GST, UTC+04:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Dubai, and the city's roughly 191K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Geographically, Business Bay is at 25.19°N, 55.27°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 2796 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:43 AM and sets around 06:48 PM in Business Bay — about 13h 5m of daylight. Verenigde Arabische Emiraten stays on standard time here, so UTC+04:00 is stable through the year.
Al Wasl (2 km from Business Bay) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Verenigde Arabische Emiraten.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
GST
IANA Zone
Asia/Dubai
UTC Offset
UTC+04:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+04:00
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Mauritius, Reunion, Russia
Other cities in this timezone
London
-3h
New York
-8h
Los Angeles
-11h
Singapore
+4h
Tokyo
+5h
Sydney
+6h
São Paulo
-7h
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 Business Bay.
The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy, which also advocates for Islamic economics. Its economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion in 2021–2023.
From Business Bay the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~2 km), London (~5,475 km), Singapore (~5,837 km), while Los Angeles sits about 13,393 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Business Bay sits inside Verenigde Arabische Emiraten — the Western Asia subregion, capital Abu Dhabi, languages Arabic, currency AED (د.إ).
Al Wasl (2 km), Dubai International Financial Centre (3 km), Jumayrā (3 km), Al Safa (4 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Business Bay — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Closest curated airport references from Business Bay: DXB Dubai (12 km), SHJ Sharjah (30 km), DWC Dubai(Jebel Ali) (34 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
The UAE’s stable UTC+4 schedule makes it a good explanatory anchor for Gulf time.
Dubai International AirportDXB
Dubai · 12 km from Business Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Sharjah International AirportSHJ
Sharjah · 30 km from Business Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Al Maktoum International AirportDWC
Dubai(Jebel Ali) · 34 km from Business Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Ras Al Khaimah International AirportRKT
Ras Al Khaimah · 82 km from Business Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Zayed International AirportAUH
Abu Dhabi · 104 km from Business Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:10 PM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 10:10 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 07:10 AM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:10 PM | +4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:10 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:10 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:10 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
Al Wasl
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 2 km away
Dubai International Financial Centre
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 3 km away
Jumayrā
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 3 km away
Al Safa
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 4 km away
As Saţwah
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 4 km away
Al Bada'a
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 4 km away
Al Karama
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 7 km away
Umm Suqaym
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Approx. 7 km away
Business Bay bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Dubai (GST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +04:00.
Business Bay hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Business Bay is UTC+04:00.
Business Bay sits at 25.19°N, 55.27°E in Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, with about 191K residents (rank #10 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Business Bay is Dubai, about 2 km away as the crow flies.
Al Wasl is the closest indexed city, roughly 2 km from Business Bay.
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the closest curated airport reference, about 12 km from Business Bay.