Saudi Arabia
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Arabia Standard Time
GMT +3
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Compare Riyadh time with AST 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 0 hours ahead of Arabia Standard Time
3:00 pm15:00 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is 3:00 pm15:00 in AST

Riyadh to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in Riyadh which corresponds to 9am-5pm in AST

3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / 3:00 pm15:00 AST

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAST
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1am1am
2am2am
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4am4am
5am5am
6am6am
7am7am
8am8am
9am9am
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1pm1pm
2pm2pm
3pm3pm
4pm4pm
5pm5pm
6pm6pm
7pm7pm
8pm8pm
9pm9pm
10pm10pm
11pm11pm
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Riyadh Information

Time Zone

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

Riyadh Facts

Country
Saudi Arabia
Alternative Names
Al-Riad, Al-Riyad, Ar Riyadh, Ar Riyādh, Ar-Riaad, Ar-Rijad, Ar-Riyad, Ar-Riyod, Ar-Riyāḑ, Ehr-Rijad, Ehr-Ryjad, Er-Rijad, Er-riyad, RUH, Riaad, Riad, Riade, Riadi, Riado, Riadum, Riant, Rihad, Rijad, Rijada, Rijadas, Rijád, Rijāda, Riyad, Riyadh, Riyaḍ, Ríad, alryad, er-riadi, li ya de, liyadeu, raiyadha, ri'ada, ri'adha, riyad, riyada, riyadh, riyadha, riyado, riyat, ryad, ryyad, Ər-Riyad, Ριάντ, Ар-Рияд, Ер-Ріяд, Рияд, Ријад, Эр-Рияд, Эр-Рыяд, Ալ-Ռիադ, ריאד, الرياض, رىياد, رياض, ریاض, ڕیاز, रियाद, रियाध, রিয়াদ, ৰিয়াধ, ਰਿਆਧ, ରିଆଦ, ரியாத், ರಿಯಾಧ್, റിയാദ്, ริยาด, རིས་ཡག, ერ-რიადი, ሪያድ, リヤド, 利雅得, 利雅德, 리야드
Population
4,205,961
Currency
Rial (SAR)
Geographic Coordinates
24° 41' N Latitude / 46° 43' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+966

Arabia Standard Time

Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries using this time zone: Saudi Arabia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, with about 4.206 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Sultanah.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

AST Time Zone Geo Map
AST timezone map

AST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time