Ashdod, İsrail Güncel Saati — IST.

Ashdod is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterranean coast 32 kilometres south of Tel Aviv and 20 km (12 mi) north of Ashkelon. Ashdod's port is the largest in Israel, handling 60% of the country's imported goods.

Distance-wise, Ashdod is closest to Dubai (~2,140 km), London (~3,572 km), Singapore (~7,969 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,181 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Ashdod sits inside İsrail — the Western Asia subregion, capital Jerusalem, languages Arabic, Hebrew, currency ILS (₪).

Around Ashdod, the nearest mapped reference cities are Gan Yavne (5 km), Qiryat Mal’akhi (12 km), Gedera (13 km), Yavné (13 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for IST planning.

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.