BaghdadIraq
Current time in Baghdad, Iraq
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBaghdad time at a glance
- Country
- Iraq
- Location
- Capital city of Iraq
- Time zone
Asia/Baghdad- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Baghdad time guide
Does Baghdad change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- Arabia Standard Time (AST), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Baghdad
- Baghdad and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Baghdad and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
City and governorate
Governorate totals extend beyond the city boundary
Iraq's official demographic indicators give Baghdad Governorate an estimated population of 8,558,625 in the cited table. A governorate total covers more than the municipal city and should be identified as such.
Time-zone identity for Baghdad
- IANA zone
Asia/Baghdad- 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.
Baghdad is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Baghdad
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Baghdad
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Baghdad, 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 Baghdad, capital of Iraq
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Iraq
- Administrative area
- Iraq
- Population
- 7,216,000
- Coordinates
- 33.3406° N, 44.4009° E. The elevation is 41 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Baghdad
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Baghdad. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Sadr CityBaghdad, Iraq7.6 km northeast
Asia/BaghdadSame local time - Abū GhuraybBaghdad, Iraq20 km west
Asia/BaghdadSame local time - Al MaḩmūdīyahBaghdad, Iraq31 km south
Asia/BaghdadSame local time - BaqubahDiyala, Iraq50 km north
Asia/BaghdadSame local time - Nāḩiyat al IskandarīyahBabil, Iraq51 km south
Asia/BaghdadSame local time - KhālişDiyala, Iraq53 km north
Asia/BaghdadSame local time
Sources for Baghdad 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 Indicators by GovernorateIraq Statistics and GIS Authority · Official estimates · AccessedOfficial urban, rural and total population figures by governorate.