Saudi Arabia
AST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Mecca time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

AST (Arabia Standard Time) is 3 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
3:00 pm15:00 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

Mecca to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in Mecca which corresponds to 9am-2pm in UTC

3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Mecca, Saudi Arabia / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

Mecca, Saudi ArabiaUTC
12am (midnight)9pm
1am10pm
2am11pm
3am12am (midnight)
4am1am
5am2am
6am3am
7am4am
8am5am
9am6am
10am7am
11am8am
12pm (noon)9am
1pm10am
2pm11am
3pm12pm (noon)
4pm1pm
5pm2pm
6pm3pm
7pm4pm
8pm5pm
9pm6pm
10pm7pm
11pm8pm
00:0021:00
01:0022:00
02:0023:00
03:0000:00
04:0001:00
05:0002:00
06:0003:00
07:0004:00
08:0005:00
09:0006:00
10:0007:00
11:0008:00
12:0009:00
13:0010:00
14:0011:00
15:0012:00
16:0013:00
17:0014:00
18:0015:00
19:0016:00
20:0017:00
21:0018:00
22:0019:00
23:0020:00

Mecca Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AST - Arabia Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Arabia Standard Time, currently in use.

Mecca Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Alternative Names
A Meca, La Meca, La Mecca, La Mecque, Macoraba, Maekkae, Makka, Makkah, Makkah al Mukarramah, Makkah al Mukarraman, Makkah al-Mukarramah, Meca, Mecca, Mecka, Meice, Meka, Mekao, Meke, Mekka, Mekkah, Mekke, Mekko, Mäkkä, mai jia, mak kah, makka, meka, mekka, mkh, mkt, mkt almkrmt, Μέκκα, Мека, Мекка, מכה, مكة, مكة المكرمة, مکه, مکہ, মক্কা, มักกะฮ์, མ་ཁ།, მექა, メッカ, 麥加, 메카
Population
1,323,624
Currency
Rial (SAR)
Geographic Coordinates
21° 25' N Latitude / 39° 49' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+966

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone