| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Taif, Saudi Arabia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Taif and New York is 7 hours. 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 Taif lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Taif and London is 2 hours. 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 Taif lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Taif and Tokyo is 6 hours. 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 Taif lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Taif.
Taif (Saudi Arabia) is home to roughly 690K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:09, sunset at 18:07. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 21° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Saudi Arabia
Capital
Riyadh
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Asia/Riyadh
Coordinates
21.27°N, 40.42°E
Currency
SAR (﷼)
Calling Code
+966
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Taif's damask roses are harvested for about forty days each spring, and it takes on the order of 10,000 to 12,000 flowers to produce a single tola of attar. The city sits at around 1,900 metres, which is why roses grow here at all.
The clock: Taif keeps UTC+3 and served as Saudi Arabia's unofficial summer capital, cool enough that the government historically moved here in July.
Taif lies at 40.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 4.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 13h 26m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 50m. The swing between them is 2h 36m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Taif the sun comes up earliest on 8 June at 05:35, while the latest sunset waits until 6 July at 19:04. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Taif that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Taif, Saudi Arabia is Asia/Riyadh with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Taif has an estimated population of 690K and is located at coordinates 21.27°N, 40.42°E.
Taif gets 13h 26m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 50m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Taif falls at about 12:18 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 4.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Roses Distilled by the Tonne: Taif's damask roses are harvested for about forty days each spring, and it takes on the order of 10,000 to 12,000 flowers to produce a single tola of attar.