Saudi Arabia Time Zone

What is the time zone of Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is in the Arabia Standard Time zone. All places including the capital Riyadh have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country is not observing daylight savings so the clock is the same all year round.

  • Arabia Standard Time (AST): +3:00 UTC (ahead)
saudi arabia time zone map
middle east time zone map
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Travel to neighboring provinces and countries

These are the times differences if you travel outside of Saudi Arabia.

To Yemen: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round

To Qatar: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round

To Bahrain: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round

To Kuwait: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round

To Iraq: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round

To United Arab Emirates (UAE): You will enter the Gulf Time zone:

  • November to March: +1:00 hour (ahead)
  • March to October: +1:00 hour (ahead)

To Oman: You will enter the Gulf Time zone:

  • November to March: +1:00 hour (ahead)
  • March to October: +1:00 hour (ahead)

To Israel: You will enter the Israel Time zone:

  • November to March: -1:00 hour (behind)
  • March to October: no time difference

To Jordan: You will enter the Eastern European Time zone:

  • November to March: -1:00 hour (behind)
  • March to October: no time difference

To Egypt: You will enter the Eastern European Time zone without daylight savings change:

  • November to March: -1:00 hour (behind)
  • March to October: -1:00 hour (behind)

To Sudan: You will enter the Central Africa Time zone:

  • November to March: -1:00 hour (behind)
  • March to October: -1:00 hour (behind)

To Eritrea: You will enter the Eastern Africa Time zone, but there is no time difference

Saudi Arabia Daylight Savings Time (DST)

There is no daylight savings.

Other Middle Eastern countries

You can check out information and maps of other Middle Eastern countries by clicking on the below links.

Eastern European Time & Israel Time Arabia Standard Time & Turkey Time Iran Standard Time Gulf Standard Time
Cyprus Bahrain Iran Oman
Egypt * Iraq United Arab Emirates
Israel Kuwait Abu Dhabi
Jordan Qatar Ajman
Lebanon Saudi Arabia Dubai
State of Palestine Turkey Fujairah
Syria Yemen Ras Al Khaimah
Sharjah
Umm Al Quwain
* no daylight savings