Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
Current time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Friday, 25 September 2026
Gulf Standard TimeUTC+04:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAbu Dhabi time at a glance
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Capital city of United Arab Emirates
- Time zone
Asia/Dubai- UTC offset now
UTC+04:00- Current zone label
- GST
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Abu Dhabi time guide
Does Abu Dhabi change its clocks?
Asia/Dubai, and its present offset is UTC+04:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+04:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
Asia/Dubaifor Abu Dhabi and the rest of the UAE- Abu Dhabi and London
- 4 hours ahead when London uses GMT; 3 hours ahead when London uses BST
- Abu Dhabi and New York
- 9 hours ahead when New York uses EST; 8 hours ahead when it uses EDT
City, region and emirate
Three different Abu Dhabi geographies
Abu Dhabi city is the UAE capital and the commercial and cultural centre of Abu Dhabi emirate. The emirate is divided into Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra regions. Official 2024 statistics count 2,823,340 residents in the Abu Dhabi Region and 4,135,985 across the emirate, so those figures should not be read as city-only populations.
Time-zone identity for Abu Dhabi
- IANA zone
Asia/Dubai- UTC offset now
- UTC+04:00
- Current zone label
- GST
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Abu Dhabi is currently 4 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Abu Dhabi
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Abu Dhabi
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Dubai, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi is the capital of United Arab Emirates. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of United Arab Emirates
- Administrative area
- United Arab Emirates
- Population
- 1,807,000
- Coordinates
- 24.4512° N, 54.3970° E. The elevation is 6 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Abu Dhabi
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Abu Dhabi. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MusaffahAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates13 km southeast
Asia/DubaiSame local time - Mohammed Bin Zayed CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates20 km southeast
Asia/DubaiSame local time - Khalifah A CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates21 km east
Asia/DubaiSame local time - Bani Yas CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates28 km southeast
Asia/DubaiSame local time - Al Shamkhah CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates32 km east
Asia/DubaiSame local time - Zayed CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates113 km southwest
Asia/DubaiSame local time
Sources for Abu Dhabi time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 5 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- About Abu DhabiGovernment of Abu Dhabi · Current page accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial distinction between Abu Dhabi city, region and emirate, including the three-region structure.
- Abu Dhabi Census: Population 2024Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi · 2024 register-based population statistics · AccessedOfficial 2024 population totals for Abu Dhabi Region and Abu Dhabi emirate.