Iraq · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Basra, Iraq 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 Basra 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 Basra lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Basra 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 Basra lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Basra 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 Basra 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 Basra.
Practical Info
Basra (Iraq) is home to roughly 1.4M people. Today brings about 14.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:00, sunset at 19:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 31° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Iraq
Capital
Baghdad
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
AST · Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
30.51°N, 47.81°E
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Calling Code
+964
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Kurdish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Basra was once laced with canals and called the Venice of the East. Upstream damming and drainage have cut the Shatt al-Arab's flow enough that salt water now pushes far inland, and the 2018 water crisis put tens of thousands in hospital.
The clock: Basra keeps UTC+3 and is among the hottest cities on Earth, with recorded temperatures above 53°C — near the limit of what has been reliably measured anywhere.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.