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Abha

UTC+3

Saudi Arabia · AST

Rainy season
03:44:40Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 18:4824:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
18:48
Daylight
13.2hrs
Population
500K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

The Green Corner of Arabia

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

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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