Saudi Arabia · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Medina, 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 Medina 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 Medina lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Medina 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 Medina lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Medina 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 Medina 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 Medina.
Practical Info
Medina (Saudi Arabia) is home to roughly 1.5M people. Today brings about 13.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 19:12. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 24° 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
24.47°N, 39.61°E
Currency
SAR (﷼)
Calling Code
+966
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi can hold on the order of one million worshippers during Hajj season, and its courtyards are covered by huge umbrellas that open and close on a schedule — shade in the day, open sky at night.
The clock: Saudi Arabia keeps UTC+3 year-round. Prayer times here are set by solar position, so the effective daily schedule shifts through the year regardless of what the clock says.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.