Indexed entity
Ar Rifā‘ is the ar-rifa-BH record in Bahrain: country slug bahrain, city slug ar-rifa, ISO BH, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Bahrain.
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Live local time
Ar Rifā‘, Bahrain
01:46:38 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Bahrain
Quick answer
It is currently 01:46:38 PM (AST, UTC+03:00) in Ar Rifā‘, Bahrain — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
34°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
35°C
29°C
Wed
38°C
28°C
Thu
41°C
29°C
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
BHD
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
04:45 AM
Sunset
06:26 PM
Day length
13h 41m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Ar Rifā‘, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:46 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:46:38 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
AST
Asia/Bahrain · UTC+03:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ar Rifā‘ right now
Nearest airport
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Ar Rifā‘
Indexed airports
0
Curated airport references available for Bahrain
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Ar Rifā‘, Bahrain.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Ar Rifā‘ is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+03:00
Zone label
GMT+3
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
Madīnat Ḩamad, 5 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 04:45 AM to 06:26 PM, with solar noon around 11:36 AM and total daylight of 13h 41m.
Mapped location
26.13°N, 50.55°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Ar Rifā‘ right now.
New York
06:46 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:46 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Ar Rifā‘ right now.
Singapore
06:46 PM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Ar Rifā‘.
No curated airport is currently mapped close enough to show as a planning cue.
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Bahrain for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+03:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+03:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Ar Rifā‘ right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest mapped context: Madīnat Ḩamad, 5 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Bahrain. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Ar Rifā‘ has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Ar Rifā‘.
Canonical route
/time/bahrain/ar-rifa/
Catalog identity
ar-rifa-BH · BH · Asia
Coordinate cell
26.13°N, 50.55°E · lat 26.130 · lon 50.555 · cell 2613:5056
Population record
115,495 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
Asia/Bahrain · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Madīnat Ḩamad, Bahrain · 5 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 484 km
Closest airport references
No curated airport link is mapped directly to Ar Rifā‘
Zone peer roster
Al Muharraq, Bahrain · Manama, Bahrain · Madīnat Ḩamad, Bahrain
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Ar Rifā‘: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Ar Rifā‘ is the ar-rifa-BH record in Bahrain: country slug bahrain, city slug ar-rifa, ISO BH, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Bahrain.
26.13°N, 50.55°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 26 and longitude band 50; exact decimal pair 26.13000, 50.55500.
Bahrain: official name Kingdom of Bahrain; capital Manama; region Asia; subregion Western Asia; country population 1,594,654; area 765 km²; languages Arabic; currencies BHD Bahraini dinar. This is the country layer behind the Ar Rifā‘ clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Bahrain: Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated near the western shore of the Persian Gulf and latitudinally about two-thirds the shore's length from the north, the country comprises a small archipelago of 33 natural islands and an additional 50 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which makes up around 80 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is situated between Qatar and the northeastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the King Fahd Causeway. The population is 1,588,670 as of 2024, of whom 739,736 are Bahraini nationals, and 848,934 are expatriates. Bahrain spans some 760 square kilometres (290 sq mi) and is the third-smallest nation in Asia after Maldives and Singapore. The capital and largest city is Manama. Source: Wikipedia.
Madīnat Ḩamad [madinat-hamad-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 5 km]; Manama [manama-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 11 km]; Al Muharraq [al-muharraq-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 15 km]; Ar Rayyān [ar-rayyan-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 128 km]; Doha [doha-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 136 km]; Al Manşūrah [al-mansurah-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 137 km]; Al Maţār al ‘Atīq [al-matar-al-atiq-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 140 km]; Al Aḩmadī [al-ahmadi-KW, KW, Asia/Kuwait, 408 km]
Ar Rifā‘ is part of this indexed country cluster: Al Muharraq [al-muharraq-BH, Asia/Bahrain, pop 176,583]; Manama [manama-BH, Asia/Bahrain, pop 147,074]; Madīnat Ḩamad [madinat-hamad-BH, Asia/Bahrain, pop 133,550]; Ar Rifā‘ [ar-rifa-BH, Asia/Bahrain, pop 115,495].
Dubai 484 km; London 5,078 km; Singapore 6,318 km; Tokyo 8,277 km; New York 10,638 km; São Paulo 11,809 km; Sydney 12,513 km; Los Angeles 13,220 km
Ar Rifā‘ has no nearby curated airport reference in the indexed airport snapshot for Bahrain.
Ar Rifā‘ renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3; GMT+3 at UTC+03:00; January UTC+03:00; July UTC+03:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Ar Rifā‘.
Ar Rifā‘ is a context-and-reference city; rank #4 of 4 retained Bahrain city pages. The route is /time/bahrain/ar-rifa/ and the city id is ar-rifa-BH.
Ar Rifā‘ has 12 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Ar Rifā‘ is pinned at 26.13°N, 50.55°E; Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km); Dubai (484 km).
Asia/Bahrain resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Bahrain.
Ar Rifā‘ has no direct nearby-airport handoff · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 0 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Ar Rifā‘ uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Riffa: Riffa is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area. The city is divided into three parts: East Riffa, West Riffa and North Riffa. All three parts are located in the Southern Governorate.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Ar Rifā‘ is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 50.55°, Ar Rifā‘'s mean solar noon falls about 22 minutes before civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run earlier on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Ar Rifā‘ sits at 26.13°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 38 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 22 minutes on the December solstice.
Ar Rifā‘ sits at 26.13°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 38 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 22 minutes on the December solstice.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 20 (13h 47m)
Shortest day
Dec 17 (10h 30m)
Year-round average
12h 9m
Annual swing
3h 17m
See the full daylight curve for Ar Rifā‘ at /sun/ar-rifa/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Ar Rifā‘ local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Ar Rifā‘ |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 06:30 - 14:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 03:00 - 11:00 |
Reference fields include Ar Rifā‘'s city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:46:38 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Ar Rifā‘ (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
04:45 AM to 06:26 PM
Day length 13h 41m · Solar noon 11:36 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ar Rifā‘ local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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5 days to go
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8 days to go
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34 days to go
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161 days to go
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187 days to go
Population
115.5K
Coordinates
26.13, 50.55
Timezone
Asia/Bahrain
Indexed airports
0
Capital
Manama
Languages
Arabic
Currency
BHD (.د.ب)
Country area
765 km²
Ar Rifā‘, Bahrain (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Bahrain (AST, UTC+03:00); population ~115.5K.
Coordinates: 26.13°N, 50.55°E. Northern Hemisphere subtropics, ~2900 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 04:45 AM and sets around 06:26 PM in Ar Rifā‘ — about 13h 41m of daylight. Bahrain stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km from Ar Rifā‘) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with no airport pages currently indexed for Bahrain.
Ar Rifā‘ is indexed as a Asia city in the BH country record, using Asia/Bahrain as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/bahrain/ar-rifa/.
Location context: 26.13°N, 50.55°E; population 115,495; nearest indexed city Madīnat Ḩamad is about 5 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 484 km away.
Country planning context: capital Manama; subregion Western Asia; languages Arabic; currency BHD (.د.ب); area 765 km²; 0 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Ar Rifā‘ is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 50.55°, Ar Rifā‘'s mean solar noon falls about 22 minutes before civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run earlier on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Ar Rifā‘ sits at 26.13°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 38 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 22 minutes on the December solstice.
Mid-sized city with around 115 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Ar Rifā‘ city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Ar Rifā‘: Al Muharraq (same time), San Francisco (−10h), Los Angeles (−10h), Dubai (+1h), Hong Kong (+5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
bahrain
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Bahrain
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+03:00
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria
Other cities in this timezone
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 Ar Rifā‘.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Ar Rifā‘: closest hubs Dubai (~484 km), London (~5,078 km), Singapore (~6,318 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~13,220 km).
Ar Rifā‘ sits inside Bahrain — the Western Asia subregion, capital Manama, languages Arabic, currency BHD (.د.ب).
Closest indexed cities to Ar Rifā‘: Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km), Manama (11 km), Al Muharraq (15 km), Ar Rayyān (128 km).
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Ar Rifā‘, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:46 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:46 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:46 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:46 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:46 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:46 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:46 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:46 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ar Rifā‘ is in the Asia/Bahrain timezone (AST), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Ar Rifā‘ does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+03:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Ar Rifā‘ is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Ar Rifā‘, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Ar Rifā‘ sits at 26.13°N, 50.55°E in Bahrain, with about 115.5K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ar Rifā‘ is Dubai, about 484 km away as the crow flies.
Madīnat Ḩamad is the closest indexed city, roughly 5 km from Ar Rifā‘.
Ar Rifā‘ uses Bahraini dinar (BHD, symbol .د.ب) as the local currency of Bahrain.
The longest day of 2026 in Ar Rifā‘ falls on Jun 20 with about 13h 47m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 17 with 10h 30m; the year-round average is 12h 9m.
In Ar Rifā‘ local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 16:00-00:00 (next day); London 11:00-19:00; Frankfurt 10:00-18:00; Dubai 08:00-16:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.