Indexed entity
Latakia is the latakia-SY record in Syria: country slug syria, city slug latakia, ISO SY, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Damascus.
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Live local time
Latakia, Syria
01:39:50 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Asia/Damascus
Quick answer
It is currently 01:39:50 PM (GMT+3, UTC+03:00) in Latakia, Syria — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
20°C
Partly cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
24°C
18°C
Wed
25°C
16°C
Thu
23°C
20°C
59% rain
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
SYP
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
05:22 AM
Sunset
07:47 PM
Day length
14h 25m
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 Latakia, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:39 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:39:50 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
GMT+3
Asia/Damascus · 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 Latakia right now
Nearest airport
ALP
Aleppo International Airport · 148 km
Indexed airports
2
Curated airport references available for Syria
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Latakia, Syria.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:39 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Latakia 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
11:39 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:39 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
ALP Aleppo, 148 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:22 AM to 07:47 PM, with solar noon around 12:35 PM and total daylight of 14h 25m.
Mapped location
35.53°N, 35.79°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:39 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Latakia right now.
New York
06:39 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:39 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:39 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Latakia right now.
Singapore
06:39 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 Latakia.
ALP · Aleppo International Airport
Aleppo
DAM · Damascus International Airport
Damascus
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Asia/Damascus 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 Latakia right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest curated airport reference: ALP Aleppo, 148 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Asia/Damascus. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Latakia 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 Latakia.
Canonical route
/time/syria/latakia/
Catalog identity
latakia-SY · SY · Asia
Coordinate cell
35.53°N, 35.79°E · lat 35.531 · lon 35.791 · cell 3553:3579
Population record
709,000 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
Asia/Damascus · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Tripoli, Lebanon · 122 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 2,187 km
Closest airport references
ALP Aleppo 148 km · DAM Damascus 245 km
Zone peer roster
Aleppo, Syria · Damascus, Syria · Homs, Syria
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Latakia: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Latakia is the latakia-SY record in Syria: country slug syria, city slug latakia, ISO SY, continent Asia, canonical IANA zone Asia/Damascus.
35.53°N, 35.79°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 35 and longitude band 35; exact decimal pair 35.53125, 35.79088.
Syria: official name Syrian Arab Republic; capital Damascus; region Asia; subregion Western Asia; country population 25,620,000; area 185,180 km²; languages Arabic; currencies SYP Syrian pound. This is the country layer behind the Latakia clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Syria: Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 26 million across an area of 185,180 square kilometres (71,500 sq mi), it is the 56th-most populous and 87th-largest country. Source: Wikipedia.
Tripoli [tripoli-LB, LB, Asia/Beirut, 122 km]; Homs [homs-SY, SY, Asia/Damascus, 124 km]; Aleppo [aleppo-SY, SY, Asia/Damascus, 144 km]; Ra’s Bayrūt [ra-s-bayrut-LB, LB, Asia/Beirut, 184 km]; Beirut [beirut-LB, LB, Asia/Beirut, 184 km]; Larnaca [larnaca-CY, CY, Asia/Nicosia, 208 km]; Sidon [sidon-LB, LB, Asia/Beirut, 223 km]; Nicosia [nicosia-CY, CY, Asia/Nicosia, 225 km]
Latakia is part of this indexed country cluster: Aleppo [aleppo-SY, Asia/Damascus, pop 2,098,210]; Damascus [damascus-SY, Asia/Damascus, pop 1,569,394]; Homs [homs-SY, Asia/Damascus, pop 775,404]; Latakia [latakia-SY, Asia/Damascus, pop 709,000].
Dubai 2,187 km; London 3,348 km; Singapore 7,945 km; Tokyo 8,851 km; New York 8,918 km; São Paulo 10,863 km; Los Angeles 11,821 km; Sydney 14,219 km
ALP Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo [SY, 148 km]; DAM Damascus International Airport in Damascus [SY, 245 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include ALP Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo [SY]; DAM Damascus International Airport in Damascus [SY].
Latakia renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:39 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 Latakia.
Latakia is a manual-dossier city; rank #4 of 4 retained Syria city pages. The route is /time/syria/latakia/ and the city id is latakia-SY.
Latakia 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.
Latakia is pinned at 35.53°N, 35.79°E; Tripoli (122 km); Dubai (2,187 km).
Asia/Damascus resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Syria.
ALP Aleppo International Airport (148 km) · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 2 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Latakia 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.
Latakia: Latakia, officially Lattakia, is the principal port city of Syria and capital city of the Latakia Governorate located on the Mediterranean coast. Historically, it has also been known as Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad Mare. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a significant manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages. According to a 2023 estimate, the population of the city is 709,000, its population greatly increased as a result of the Syrian Revolution, which led to an influx of internally displaced persons from rebel held areas. It is the 5th-largest city in Syria after Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Hama. Cape Apostolos Andreas, the north-eastern tip of Cyprus, is about 109 kilometres (68 mi) away.
Syria abolished daylight saving time in October 2022 and has remained at UTC+3 year-round since.
Syria abolished daylight saving time in October 2022 and has remained at UTC+3 year-round since.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Latakia 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 35.79°, Latakia's mean solar noon falls about 37 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
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 19 (14h 34m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (9h 45m)
Year-round average
12h 11m
Annual swing
4h 49m
See the full daylight curve for Latakia at /sun/latakia/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Latakia local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Latakia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Latakia is Syria's principal Mediterranean port and the country's fifth-largest city, with a population of about 709,000. It observes Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3) year-round; Syria abolished daylight saving in October 2022 and has stayed on a single offset since. The city sits roughly 350 kilometres northwest of Damascus, with the Jebel Ansariya mountains rising behind it and the Port of Latakia, opened in 1950, handling the bulk of Syrian seaborne cargo. Founded in the fourth century BCE by Seleucus I Nicator as Laodicea ad Mare, it has been a notable port since the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Latakia is also the cultural heart of Syria's Alawite community, who form the largest single group in the city alongside substantial Sunni and Christian populations; the surrounding coastal mountains were the home region of the Assad family that ruled Syria from 1970 until December 2024.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (research).
Reference fields include Latakia's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:39:50 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Latakia (UTC+03:00, GMT+3).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:22 AM to 07:47 PM
Day length 14h 25m · Solar noon 12:35 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Latakia local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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187 days to go
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161 days to go
Population
709K
Coordinates
35.53, 35.79
Timezone
Asia/Damascus
Indexed airports
2
Capital
Damascus
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SYP (£)
Country area
185,180 km²
Latakia, Syria (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: Asia/Damascus (GMT+3, UTC+03:00); population ~709K.
Coordinates: 35.53°N, 35.79°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~3944 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:22 AM and sets around 07:47 PM in Latakia — about 14h 25m of daylight. Syria stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Tripoli (122 km from Latakia) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 2 curated airport pages indexed for Syria.
Latakia is indexed as a Asia city in the SY country record, using Asia/Damascus as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/syria/latakia/.
Location context: 35.53°N, 35.79°E; population 709,000; nearest indexed city Tripoli is about 122 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 2,187 km away.
Country planning context: capital Damascus; subregion Western Asia; languages Arabic; currency SYP (£); area 185,180 km²; 2 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Syria abolished daylight saving time in October 2022 and has remained at UTC+3 year-round since.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Latakia 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 35.79°, Latakia's mean solar noon falls about 37 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Latakia sits at 35.53°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 14 hours 24 minutes on the June solstice and about 9 hours 36 minutes on the December solstice.
Sizeable city with about 709 thousand residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Latakia: Aleppo (same time), San Francisco (−10h), Los Angeles (−10h), Tokyo (+6h), New York City (−7h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
syria
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
GMT+3
IANA Zone
Asia/Damascus
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 Latakia.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Latakia: closest hubs Dubai (~2,187 km), London (~3,348 km), Singapore (~7,945 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~14,219 km).
Latakia sits inside Syria — the Western Asia subregion, capital Damascus, languages Arabic, currency SYP (£).
Closest indexed cities to Latakia: Tripoli (122 km), Homs (124 km), Aleppo (144 km), Ra’s Bayrūt (184 km).
Closest curated airport references from Latakia: ALP Aleppo (148 km), DAM Damascus (245 km).
Aleppo International AirportALP
Aleppo · 148 km from Latakia
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Damascus International AirportDAM
Damascus · 245 km from Latakia
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
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 | 11:39 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:39 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:39 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:39 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:39 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:39 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:39 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:39 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Latakia is in the Asia/Damascus timezone (GMT+3), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Latakia 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 Latakia is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Latakia, 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 · 13:39 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Latakia sits at 35.53°N, 35.79°E in Syria, with about 709K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Latakia is Dubai, about 2,187 km away as the crow flies.
Tripoli is the closest indexed city, roughly 122 km from Latakia.
Aleppo International Airport (ALP) is the closest curated airport reference, about 148 km from Latakia.
Latakia uses Syrian pound (SYP, symbol £) as the local currency of Syria.
The longest day of 2026 in Latakia falls on Jun 19 with about 14h 34m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 9h 45m; the year-round average is 12h 11m.
In Latakia 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.