Saudi Arabia · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 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 Jeddah 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 Jeddah lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Jeddah 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 Jeddah lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Jeddah 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 Jeddah 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 Jeddah.
Practical Info
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) is home to roughly 4.7M people. Today brings about 13.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 19:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 22° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Saudi Arabia
Capital
Riyadh
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
AST · Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
21.54°N, 39.17°E
Currency
SAR (﷼)
Calling Code
+966
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
King Fahd's Fountain shoots seawater roughly 260 metres into the air off the Jeddah corniche — taller than most skyscrapers, and visible across much of the city. It runs on pumps moving the water at around 375 km/h.
The clock: Jeddah keeps UTC+3 and has been the sea gateway to Mecca for fourteen centuries. Its old town, Al-Balad, is built from coral stone quarried out of the Red Sea.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.