Current Time in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia
It's 7:46 PM AST (UTC+03:00) in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Saudi Arabia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- Arabian Standard Time
- IANA: Asia/Riyadh
- 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
Jeddah
Riyadh
Makkah
Madinah
How Saudi Arabia 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
- Sunday
- Weekend: Friday and Saturday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the ar-SA locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time facts about Saudi Arabia
- Royal Order A/185 moved the Saudi weekend from Thursday–Friday to Friday–Saturday from 29 June 2013, covering ministries, banks and the stock exchange. Source: crowell.com
- Saudi public-sector pay switched from the Hijri to the Gregorian calendar on 1 October 2016, aligning salaries with the fiscal year. Source: arabnews.pk
- The Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) trades continuously 10:00–15:00 Riyadh time, Sunday to Thursday, with a 15:00–15:10 closing auction. Source: saudiexchange.sa
Time difference from Saudi Arabia
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Saudi Arabia time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 4:46 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 11:46 AM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 8:46 AM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 8:46 PM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 12:46 AM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 1:46 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 3:46 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 1:46 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Saudi Arabia at a glance
- Capital
- Riyadh
- Population
- 35,300,280
- Currency
- Saudi riyal (SAR)
Questions about time in Saudi Arabia
- What time is it in Saudi Arabia right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:46 PM AST (UTC+03:00) in Saudi Arabia.
- How many time zones does Saudi Arabia have?
- Saudi Arabia uses one time zone, Arabian Standard Time (IANA ID Asia/Riyadh).
- Does Saudi Arabia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Saudi Arabia does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.