Current Time in Kuwait
Kuwait uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Kuwait
It's 10:03 PM AST (UTC+03:00) in Kuwait on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Kuwait does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- Arabian Standard Time
- IANA: Asia/Kuwait
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 (AST)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+3 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Al Aḩmadī
Ḩawallī
As Sālimīyah
Şabāḩ as Sālim
How Kuwait writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · ٢٥ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٦
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 م
- Week starts on
- Saturday
- Weekend: Friday and Saturday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the ar-KW locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Kuwait
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Kuwait time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Kuwait at a glance
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Population
- 4,881,254
- Currency
- Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Questions about time in Kuwait
- What time is it in Kuwait right now?
- When this page was generated it was 10:03 PM AST (UTC+03:00) in Kuwait.
- How many time zones does Kuwait have?
- Kuwait uses one time zone, Arabian Standard Time (IANA ID Asia/Kuwait).
- Does Kuwait observe daylight saving time?
- No. Kuwait does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.