| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Aqaba, Jordan runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Aqaba and New York is 7 hours. 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 Aqaba lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Aqaba and London is 2 hours. 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 Aqaba lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Aqaba and Tokyo is 6 hours. 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 Aqaba lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Aqaba.
Aqaba (Jordan) is home to roughly 150K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:32, sunset at 18:27. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 30° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Capital
Amman
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Asia/Amman
Coordinates
29.53°N, 35.01°E
Currency
JOD (د.ا)
Calling Code
+962
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Aqaba gives Jordan about 27 kilometres of coast, its sole sea access. From the beach you can see Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia — four countries visible across one small gulf.
The clock: Aqaba keeps UTC+3. Its coral reefs sit further north than almost any others and have proven unusually resistant to bleaching.
Aqaba lies at 35.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 10.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 40 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:40 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 2m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 15m. The swing between them is 3h 48m. 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 Aqaba the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 05:39, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 19:44. 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 Aqaba that civil twilight runs about 24 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 Aqaba, Jordan is Asia/Amman with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Aqaba has an estimated population of 150K and is located at coordinates 29.53°N, 35.01°E.
Aqaba gets 14h 2m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 15m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Aqaba falls at about 12:40 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 10.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Jordan's Only Coastline: Aqaba gives Jordan about 27 kilometres of coast, its sole sea access. From the beach you can see Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia — four countries visible across one small gulf.