ManamaBahrain
Current time in Manama, Bahrain
Friday, 25 September 2026
Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockManama time at a glance
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Capital city of Bahrain
- Time zone
Asia/Bahrain- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Manama time guide
Does Manama change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+03:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Bahrain
- Manama and London
- 3 hours ahead of GMT; 2 hours ahead of BST
- Manama and New York
- 8 hours ahead of EST; 7 hours ahead of EDT
City and governorate
Capital Governorate data cover more than Manama
Bahrain’s open-data portal publishes population by governorate, nationality and sex. Capital Governorate statistics cover a wider administrative area than Manama city, so governorate totals should remain labelled as such rather than being presented as city population.
Time-zone identity for Manama
- IANA zone
Asia/Bahrain- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Manama is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Manama
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 Manama
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Bahrain, 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 Manama, capital of Bahrain
Manama is the capital of Bahrain. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Bahrain
- Administrative area
- Bahrain
- Population
- 147,074
- Coordinates
- 26.2279° N, 50.5857° E. The elevation is 12 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Manama
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Manama. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Jidd ḨafşManama, Bahrain3.9 km west
Asia/BahrainSame local time - SitrahManama, Bahrain8.8 km southeast
Asia/BahrainSame local time - Al MuharraqMuharraq, Bahrain4.2 km northeast
Asia/BahrainSame local time - Madīnat ‘ĪsáSouthern Governorate, Bahrain7.1 km southwest
Asia/BahrainSame local time - Ar Rifā‘Southern Governorate, Bahrain11 km south
Asia/BahrainSame local time - Madīnat ḨamadNorthern, Bahrain15 km southwest
Asia/BahrainSame local time
Sources for Manama time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 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.
- Population by Governorate, Nationality and Sex — Census 2020Bahrain Information and eGovernment Authority · 2020 Census open dataset accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial governorate-level census geography and population dimensions for the capital area.