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Basra

UTC+3

Iraq · AST

Summer
03:43:02Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:00↓ 19:0024:00
Sunrise
05:00
Sunset
19:00
Daylight
14.0hrs
Population
1.4M
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

The Venice That Dried Up

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

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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