| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −3h | Becomes −4h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | ±0h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +5h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +6h | Becomes +7h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −8h | Becomes −9h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −11h | Becomes −12h on 1 Nov |
Al Ain, UAE runs on UTC+4. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+4 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Al Ain and New York is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with New York. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Al Ain lines up with 09:00–10:00 in New York. The time difference between Al Ain and London is 3 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 12:00–18:00 in Al Ain lines up with 09:00–15:00 in London. The time difference between Al Ain and Tokyo is 5 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Al Ain lines up with 14:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Baku, Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Al Ain.
Al Ain (UAE) is home to roughly 770K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:08, sunset at 18:05. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+4 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 24° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
UAE
Capital
Abu Dhabi
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+4 · Asia/Dubai
Coordinates
24.21°N, 55.74°E
Currency
AED (د.إ)
Calling Code
+971
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Al Ain's oasis is irrigated by *falaj* channels — underground tunnels tapping mountain aquifers — some of them around 3,000 years old and still running. The system waters roughly 147,000 date palms.
The clock: Al Ain keeps UTC+4 and sits directly on the Omani border, where the two countries share the same hour and, in places, the same street.
Al Ain lies at 55.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+4, is built around the 60°E meridian. The 4.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 17 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:17 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+4 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 38m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 38m. The swing between them is 3h. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Al Ain the sun comes up earliest on 9 June at 05:28, while the latest sunset waits until 4 July at 19:09. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Al Ain that civil twilight runs about 23 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Al Ain, UAE is Asia/Dubai with a current UTC offset of UTC+4.
Al Ain has an estimated population of 770K and is located at coordinates 24.21°N, 55.74°E.
Al Ain gets 13h 38m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 38m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Al Ain falls at about 12:17 on UTC+4 standard time, because the city sits 4.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Oasis Watered by Tunnels: Al Ain's oasis is irrigated by falaj channels — underground tunnels tapping mountain aquifers — some of them around 3,000 years old and still running. The system waters roughly 147,000 date palms.