Syria · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.