Syria · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Latakia, 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 Latakia 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 Latakia lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Latakia 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 Latakia lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Latakia 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 Latakia 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 Latakia.
Practical Info
Latakia (Syria) is home to roughly 420K people. Today brings about 14.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 19:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Syria
Capital
Damascus
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
EEST · Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
35.52°N, 35.79°E
Currency
SYP (£S)
Calling Code
+963
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Kurdish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ugarit, just north of Latakia, produced the Ugaritic alphabet around 1400 BC — one of the earliest alphabetic writing systems known, with 30 cuneiform letters. Its clay tablets were found in 1929.
The clock: Latakia keeps UTC+3 and is Syria's main port on the Mediterranean.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.