Saudi Arabia · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Abha, Saudi Arabia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Abha and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Abha lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Abha and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Abha lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Abha and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Abha lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Abha.
Practical Info
Abha (Saudi Arabia) is home to roughly 500K people. Today brings about 13.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Saudi Arabia
Capital
Riyadh
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
AST · Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
18.22°N, 42.50°E
Currency
SAR (﷼)
Calling Code
+966
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Abha sits at about 2,200 metres in the Asir mountains and receives enough monsoon moisture to be genuinely green, with terraced farming and summer fog. Temperatures rarely pass 30°C, in a country better known for the opposite.
The clock: Abha keeps UTC+3. Its Rijal Almaa village, built in stone and quartz, was listed among the world's best tourism villages in 2022.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.