Dammam, Suudi Arabistan Güncel Saati — AST.

Dammam is an industrial port city and the seat of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 1,386,166 as of 2022, making it the country's fifth-largest city after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. Dammam forms the core of the Dammam metropolitan area, also known as Greater Dammam, which includes the neighboring governorates of Khobar and Qatif. As of 2022, the metropolitan area's population was 2,743,318, making it the third-largest in the country.

Distance-wise, Dammam is closest to Dubai (~535 km), London (~5,023 km), Singapore (~6,371 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 13,178 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Dammam sits inside Suudi Arabistan — the Western Asia subregion, capital Riyadh, languages Arabic, currency SAR (ر.س).

Around Dammam, the nearest mapped reference cities are Sayhāt (8 km), ‘Inak (12 km), Dhahran (16 km), Tārūt (17 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AST planning.

Closest curated airport references from Dammam: RUH Riyadh (379 km), MED Medina (1064 km), JED Jeddah (1230 km).

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