Current time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

11:43:25 AM

Monday, October 26, 2026

Riyadh is on Arabian Standard Time, UTC+3. It doesn't change its clocks: the time zone database has no changes scheduled for the next 12 months.

About 4.2 million people live in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger flights is King Khalid International Airport (RUH, 30 km away).

Time zone: Asia/Riyadh
UTC offset now: UTC+3
Daylight saving time: Not observed
Sunrise today: 5:56 AM
Sunset today: 5:18 PM
Daylight: 11 h 22 min
Population: 4,205,961
Currency: Rial (SAR)
Dialing code: +966
Languages (country): Arabic
Airports: RUH 30 km

Riyadh · nominal UTC+3 band · night shaded

Cities near Riyadh

Doha11:43 AM · ±0 h489 km away
Kuwait City11:43 AM · ±0 h535 km away
Abu Dhabi12:43 PM · +1 h777 km away
Dubai12:43 PM · +1 h867 km away
Baghdad11:43 AM · ±0 h988 km away
Tehran12:13 PM · +0.5 h1,304 km away

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Sunrise and sunset are calculated for 24.69°, 46.72° using NOAA's solar equations, and may differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.