Indexed entity
Riyadh is the riyadh-SA record in Saudi Arabia: country slug saudi-arabia, city slug riyadh, ISO SA, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Riyadh.
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Live local time
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
01:43:54 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Riyadh
Quick answer
It is currently 01:43:54 PM (AST, UTC+03:00) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
33°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
43°C
29°C
Wed
44°C
31°C
Thu
44°C
32°C
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Saudi Riyal
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
05:03 AM
Sunset
06:38 PM
Day length
13h 35m
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 Riyadh, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:43 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:43:54 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
AST
Asia/Riyadh · 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 Riyadh right now
Nearest airport
RUH
King Khalid International Airport · 30 km
Indexed airports
3
Curated airport references available for Saudi Arabia
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:43 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Riyadh 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
11:43 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:43 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
RUH Riyadh, 30 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:03 AM to 06:38 PM, with solar noon around 11:51 AM and total daylight of 13h 35m.
Mapped location
24.69°N, 46.72°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:43 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Riyadh right now.
New York
06:43 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:43 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:43 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Riyadh right now.
Singapore
06:43 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 Riyadh.
RUH · King Khalid International Airport
Riyadh
MED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
Medina
JED · King Abdulaziz International Airport
Jeddah
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Riyadh 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 Riyadh right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: RUH Riyadh, 30 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Riyadh. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Riyadh 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 Riyadh.
Canonical route
/time/saudi-arabia/riyadh/
Catalog identity
riyadh-SA · SA · Asia
Coordinate cell
24.69°N, 46.72°E · lat 24.688 · lon 46.722 · cell 2469:4672
Population record
4,205,961 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Asia/Riyadh · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Madīnat Ḩamad, Bahrain · 412 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 864 km
Closest airport references
RUH Riyadh 30 km · MED Medina 709 km · JED Jeddah 842 km
Zone peer roster
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Makkah, Saudi Arabia · Madinah, Saudi Arabia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Riyadh: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Riyadh is the riyadh-SA record in Saudi Arabia: country slug saudi-arabia, city slug riyadh, ISO SA, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Riyadh.
24.69°N, 46.72°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 24 and longitude band 46; exact decimal pair 24.68773, 46.72185.
Saudi Arabia: official name Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; capital Riyadh; region Asia; subregion Western Asia; country population 35,300,280; area 2,149,690 km²; languages Arabic; currencies SAR Saudi riyal. This is the country layer behind the Riyadh clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Saudi Arabia: 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. Source: Wikipedia.
Madīnat Ḩamad [madinat-hamad-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 412 km]; Ar Rifā‘ [ar-rifa-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 417 km]; Manama [manama-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 424 km]; Al Muharraq [al-muharraq-BH, BH, Asia/Bahrain, 428 km]; Ar Rayyān [ar-rayyan-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 479 km]; Al Manşūrah [al-mansurah-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 489 km]; Doha [doha-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 489 km]; Al Maţār al ‘Atīq [al-matar-al-atiq-QA, QA, Asia/Qatar, 491 km]
Riyadh is part of this indexed country cluster: Jeddah [jeddah-SA, Asia/Riyadh, pop 4,697,000]; Riyadh [riyadh-SA, Asia/Riyadh, pop 4,205,961]; Makkah [makkah-SA, Asia/Riyadh, pop 1,578,722]; Madinah [madinah-SA, Asia/Riyadh, pop 1,300,000].
Dubai 864 km; London 4,944 km; Singapore 6,648 km; Tokyo 8,686 km; New York 10,514 km; São Paulo 11,392 km; Sydney 12,780 km; Los Angeles 13,293 km
RUH King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh [SA, 30 km]; MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Medina [SA, 709 km]; JED King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah [SA, 842 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include JED King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah [SA]; MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Medina [SA]; RUH King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh [SA].
Riyadh renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:43 GMT+3; GMT+3 at UTC+03:00; January UTC+03:00; July UTC+03:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Riyadh.
Riyadh is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained Saudi Arabia city pages. The route is /time/saudi-arabia/riyadh/ and the city id is riyadh-SA.
Riyadh has 15 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.
Riyadh is pinned at 24.69°N, 46.72°E; Madīnat Ḩamad (412 km); Dubai (864 km).
Asia/Riyadh resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Saudi Arabia.
RUH King Khalid International Airport (30 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 3 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Riyadh 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.
Riyadh: Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in the 1950s as an expansion of the 18th-century walled town, following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Riyadh 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 46.72°, Riyadh's mean solar noon falls about 7 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.
Riyadh sits at 24.69°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 32 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 28 minutes on the December solstice.
Riyadh sits at 24.69°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 32 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 28 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 15 (13h 40m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (10h 36m)
Year-round average
12h 9m
Annual swing
3h 4m
See the full daylight curve for Riyadh at /sun/riyadh/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Riyadh local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Riyadh |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Capital status
National capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, with about 7.6 million residents in the city proper and a metropolitan area approaching 9 million. Arabia Standard Time (AST, UTC+3) is fixed year-round with no daylight saving. The city is the seat of the Saudi government, the headquarters of Saudi Aramco's holding company, and the Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds with assets above 900 billion USD. Riyadh hosts the Tadawul (Saudi Exchange), the largest stock exchange in the Middle East and North Africa by market capitalization. The city is central to the Saudi Vision 2030 diversification programme, has been awarded the 2030 World Expo, and will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup as the lead Saudi venue.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-11 (manual).
Reference fields include Riyadh's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:43:54 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Riyadh (UTC+03:00, AST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:03 AM to 06:38 PM
Day length 13h 35m · Solar noon 11:51 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Riyadh local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
4.2M
Coordinates
24.69, 46.72
Timezone
Asia/Riyadh
Indexed airports
3
Capital
Riyadh
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SAR (ر.س)
Country area
2,149,690 km²
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Riyadh (AST, UTC+03:00); population ~4.2M.
Coordinates: 24.69°N, 46.72°E. Northern Hemisphere subtropics, ~2740 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:03 AM and sets around 06:38 PM in Riyadh — about 13h 35m of daylight. Saudi Arabia stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Madīnat Ḩamad (412 km from Riyadh) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh is indexed as a Asia city in the SA country record, using Asia/Riyadh as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/saudi-arabia/riyadh/.
Location context: 24.69°N, 46.72°E; population 4,205,961; nearest indexed city Madīnat Ḩamad is about 412 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 864 km away.
Country planning context: capital Riyadh; subregion Western Asia; languages Arabic; currency SAR (ر.س); area 2,149,690 km²; 3 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.
Riyadh 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 46.72°, Riyadh's mean solar noon falls about 7 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.
Riyadh sits at 24.69°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 13 hours 32 minutes on the June solstice and about 10 hours 28 minutes on the December solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 4.2 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Riyadh: Jeddah (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.
saudi-arabia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
AST
IANA Zone
Asia/Riyadh
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
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 Riyadh.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Riyadh: closest hubs Dubai (~864 km), London (~4,944 km), Singapore (~6,648 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~13,293 km).
Riyadh sits inside Saudi Arabia — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).
Closest indexed cities to Riyadh: Madīnat Ḩamad (412 km), Ar Rifā‘ (417 km), Manama (424 km), Al Muharraq (428 km).
Closest curated airport references from Riyadh: RUH Riyadh (30 km), MED Medina (709 km), JED Jeddah (842 km).
Saudi Arabia is one of the clearest cases where daily prayer timing shapes the value of a time page.
King Khalid International AirportRUH
Riyadh · 30 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportMED
Medina · 709 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 40m
King Abdulaziz International AirportJED
Jeddah · 842 km from Riyadh
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 50m
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 | 11:43 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:43 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:43 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:43 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:43 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:43 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:43 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:43 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Riyadh is in the Asia/Riyadh timezone (AST), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Riyadh 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 Riyadh is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Riyadh, 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 · 13:43 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Riyadh sits at 24.69°N, 46.72°E in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Riyadh is Dubai, about 864 km away as the crow flies.
Madīnat Ḩamad is the closest indexed city, roughly 412 km from Riyadh.
King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 30 km from Riyadh.
Riyadh uses Saudi riyal (SAR, symbol ر.س) as the local currency of Saudi Arabia.
The longest day of 2026 in Riyadh falls on Jun 15 with about 13h 40m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 10h 36m; the year-round average is 12h 9m.
In Riyadh 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.