Iran · IRST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kish, Iran runs on UTC+3:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7.5-hour difference between Kish and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1.5 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:30–18:00 in Kish lines up with 09:00–10:30 in New York. There is a 2.5-hour difference between Kish and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6.5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:30–18:00 in Kish lines up with 09:00–15:30 in London. There is a 5.5-hour difference between Kish and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3.5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:30 in Kish lines up with 14:30–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kish.
Practical Info
Kish (Iran) is home to roughly 40K people. Today brings about 13.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:00, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 27° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Iran
Capital
Tehran
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IRST · Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
26.53°N, 53.98°E
Currency
IRR (﷼)
Calling Code
+98
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Persian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kish has been a free trade zone since 1989, and visitors can enter without an Iranian visa — an arrangement that made a small Gulf island into a shopping destination. Its ancient underground city, Kariz, was a water system cut about 2,500 years ago.
The clock: Kish keeps UTC+3:30, half an hour behind Dubai across the Gulf.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8.5h overlap