One time zone · 98 cities
Current local time in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia keeps a single time zone, Asia/Riyadh, currently UTC+3. It does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset holds all year.
Every clock below is computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so the offsets reflect the daylight-saving rules in force today rather than a value written down once and left to rot.
Saudi Arabia time zones and current offsets
| IANA zone | Local time now | UTC offset | Daylight saving | Largest city |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Riyadh | 03:05 PM | UTC+3 | Not observed | Jeddah |
Converting a specific time into Saudi Arabia? Use the converter, or find an hour that works across both ends of the call.
Local time by city in Saudi Arabia
98 cities, largest first. Each links to a live clock with that city's own zone, sun times and daylight-saving dates — matched to the city rather than assumed from the country.
JeddahRiyadhMakkahMadinahDammamSulţānahBuraydahTa’ifTabukHa'ilNajrānAl KharjKhamis MushaitAl HufūfAl MubarrazHafar Al-BatinThuqbahAl JubaylŞabyāAbhaYanbuUnaizahKhobarArarSakakahAz ZulfīJizanQurayyatSabt AlalayahDhahranAl QaţīfAl BahahAd DawādimīTārūtQal‘at BīshahAr RassBariqRābighAsh ShafāAl LīthAbū ‘ArīshSayhātŢurayfKing Faisal Military CityRas TanuraAd Dir‘īyahAl KhafjīBaljurashiAl Badā’i‘ al WusţáRanyahŞafwáAfifAl Bukayrīyah‘IrqahRaḩīmahTuraifŢubarjalTaymā’Ad DilamUmlujAl MithnabAl-`UlaShaqraḤawṭah Banī TamīmFayfā’LayláAbqaiqAl KhurmahTurubahBadr ḨunaynThuwalŞāmitahAl WajhAl ‘AwwāmīyahḐamadḨaqlRiyāḑ al Khabrā’King Khalid Military CityRumāḩAn NimasAs SulayyilAl Mash‘ilīyahTurabahAl JumūmDubaAţ ŢarafQaisumahMahd adh DhahabKhulayş‘InakSarāt ‘AbīdahBaq‘ā’Al ‘AqīqAl ‘AqīqAl Khabrā’Al BaţţālīyahAl Munayzilah‘Uyūn al Jiwā’
Saudi Arabiatime — questions & answers
- What time is it in Saudi Arabia right now?
- Jeddah, the largest city in Saudi Arabia, is currently 3:05 PM on Asia/Riyadh (UTC+3). The whole country shares that time.
- How many time zones does Saudi Arabia have?
- One. The whole of Saudi Arabia uses Asia/Riyadh, currently UTC+3.
- Does Saudi Arabia observe daylight saving time?
- No. Saudi Arabia stays on the same offset all year. That means the difference between Saudi Arabia and countries that do change their clocks shifts by an hour twice a year, even though nothing changed locally.
- Which cities in Saudi Arabia are covered?
- 98 cities in Saudi Arabia, each with its own page showing live local time, its IANA zone and UTC offset, the next daylight-saving change, and today's sunrise and sunset. This page lists the 98 largest.