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Damascus

UTC+3

Syria · EEST

Summer
03:44:41Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:24↓ 19:4824:00
Sunrise
05:24
Sunset
19:48
Daylight
14.4hrs
Population
2.5M
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Damascus, Syria 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 Damascus 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 Damascus lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Damascus 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 Damascus lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Damascus 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 Damascus 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 Damascus.

Practical Info

Damascus (Syria) is home to roughly 2.5M people. Today brings about 14.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 19:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

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Syria

Syria

Capital

Damascus 👑

Continent

Asia

Time Zone

EEST · Asia/Damascus

Coordinates

33.51°N, 36.29°E

Currency

SYP (£S)

Calling Code

+963

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Arabic, Kurdish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Possibly the Oldest Capital in the World

Damascus has been continuously inhabited for roughly eleven thousand years and is usually described as the oldest continuously inhabited capital city on Earth. Its Umayyad Mosque, built in 715, stands on a site used for worship for around three millennia.

The clock: Damascus keeps UTC+3 year-round; Syria abolished its seasonal clock change in 2022.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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