MuscatOman
Muscat time at a glance
- Country
- Oman
- Location
- Capital city of Oman
- Time zone
Asia/Muscat- UTC offset now
UTC+04:00- Current zone label
- GST
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Muscat time guide
Does Muscat change its clocks?
UTC+04:00.- Year-round offset
- Gulf Standard Time (GST), UTC+04:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Muscat
- Muscat and London
- 4 hours ahead during GMT; 3 hours ahead during BST
- Muscat and New York
- 9 hours ahead during EST; 8 hours ahead during EDT
City, wilayat and governorate
Muscat Governorate is broader than the capital core
Oman's 2020 electronic census supports data by governorate and smaller administrative units. A Muscat Governorate total includes multiple wilayats and should not be treated as the population of the historic city alone.
Time-zone identity for Muscat
- IANA zone
Asia/Muscat- UTC offset now
- UTC+04:00
- Current zone label
- GST
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Muscat is currently 4 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Muscat
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 Muscat
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Muscat, 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 Muscat, capital of Oman
Muscat is the capital of Oman. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Oman
- Administrative area
- Oman
- Population
- 797,000
- Coordinates
- 23.5841° N, 58.4078° E. The elevation is 14 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Muscat
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Muscat. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BawsharMuscat, Oman1.1 km southwest
Asia/MuscatSame local time - SeebMuscat, Oman24 km northwest
Asia/MuscatSame local time - QurayyātMuscat, Oman63 km southeast
Asia/MuscatSame local time - BidbidAd Dakhiliyah, Oman35 km southwest
Asia/MuscatSame local time - Sufālat Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah, Oman50 km southwest
Asia/MuscatSame local time - Barkā’Al Batinah South, Oman54 km west
Asia/MuscatSame local time
Sources for Muscat 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.
- Electronic Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2020National Centre for Statistics and Information Oman · 2020 electronic census · AccessedOfficial census portal documentation for governorate-level population data.