Hora Atual em Riyāḑ al Khabrā’, Arábia Saudita — AST.

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the twelfth-largest in the world. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. The capital and largest city is Riyadh; other major cities include Jeddah and the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina. With a population of almost 32.2 million, Saudi Arabia is the fourth most populous country in the Arab world.

Distance-wise, Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ is closest to Dubai (~1,178 km), London (~4,621 km), Singapore (~6,993 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,133 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ sits inside Arábia Saudita — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).

Around Riyāḑ al Khabrā’, the nearest mapped reference cities are Al Khabrā’ (7 km), Al Bukayrīyah (13 km), Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá (20 km), Ar Rass (23 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.

Closest curated airport references from Riyāḑ al Khabrā’: RUH Riyadh (339 km), MED Medina (422 km), JED Jeddah (661 km).