Kuwait CityKuwait
Current time in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Friday, 25 September 2026
Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockKuwait City time at a glance
- Country
- Kuwait
- Location
- Capital city of Kuwait
- Time zone
Asia/Kuwait- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Kuwait City time guide
Does Kuwait City change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- Arabia Standard Time (AST), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Kuwait
- Kuwait City and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Kuwait City and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
City and Capital Governorate
The governorate total extends beyond the historic city
Kuwait's census portal reports population by governorate, including Capital Governorate. That administrative total covers districts beyond the historic Kuwait City core and should be labeled as a governorate figure rather than a city-only population.
Time-zone identity for Kuwait City
- IANA zone
Asia/Kuwait- 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.
Kuwait City is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kuwait City
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 Kuwait City
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Kuwait, 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 Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait
Kuwait City is the capital of Kuwait. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Kuwait
- Administrative area
- Al Asimah, Kuwait
- Population
- 60,064
- Coordinates
- 29.3670° N, 47.9743° E. The elevation is 11 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kuwait City
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kuwait City. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Ad DasmahAl Asimah, Kuwait2.6 km east
Asia/KuwaitSame local time - Ar RābiyahAl Asimah, Kuwait8.9 km southwest
Asia/KuwaitSame local time - ḨawallīKuwait6.5 km southeast
Asia/KuwaitSame local time - Al FarwānīyahKuwait10 km south
Asia/KuwaitSame local time - BayānHawalli, Kuwait10 km southeast
Asia/KuwaitSame local time - As SālimīyahHawalli, Kuwait11 km east
Asia/KuwaitSame local time
Sources for Kuwait City 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 distribution by governorateKuwait Central Statistical Bureau · Official census portal · AccessedOfficial population totals by governorate, nationality and sex.