Bahrain · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Manama, Bahrain 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 Manama 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 Manama lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Manama 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 Manama lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Manama 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 Manama 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 Manama.
Practical Info
Manama (Bahrain) is home to roughly 630K people. Today brings about 13.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:54, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 26° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Bahrain
Capital
Manama 👑
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
AST · Asia/Bahrain
Coordinates
26.22°N, 50.59°E
Currency
BHD (.د.ب)
Calling Code
+973
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The King Fahd Causeway runs about 25 kilometres across the Gulf to Saudi Arabia and carries millions of crossings a year. Bahrain is the smallest Arab country by area and the first in the Gulf to find oil, in 1932.
The clock: Manama keeps UTC+3, an hour behind the UAE across the water. The causeway is one of the few places where you can drive between two time zones in the Gulf in under half an hour.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.