Saudi Arabia · AST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Taif, 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 Taif 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 Taif lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Taif 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 Taif lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Taif 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 Taif 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 Taif.
Practical Info
Taif (Saudi Arabia) is home to roughly 690K people. Today brings about 13.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 19:06. 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.
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Saudi Arabia
Capital
Riyadh
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
AST · 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.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.