DohaQatar
Current time in Doha, Qatar
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDoha time at a glance
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Capital city of Qatar
- Time zone
Asia/Qatar- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Doha time guide
Does Doha change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- Arabia Standard Time (AST), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Qatar
- Doha and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Doha and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
Municipality and urban region
Doha municipality is one census geography
Qatar's 2020 census counted 1,186,023 people in Doha municipality, 41.7% of the national population. The continuous urban region also extends into neighboring municipalities.
Time-zone identity for Doha
- IANA zone
Asia/Qatar- 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.
Doha is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Doha
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 Doha
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Qatar, 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 Doha, capital of Qatar
Doha is the capital of Qatar. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Qatar
- Administrative area
- Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
- Population
- 344,939
- Coordinates
- 25.2855° N, 51.5310° E. The elevation is 11 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Doha
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Doha. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Al GhānimBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar1.1 km southeast
Asia/QatarSame local time - Al ManşūrahBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar1.9 km south
Asia/QatarSame local time - An NajmahBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar2.4 km southeast
Asia/QatarSame local time - Al Hilāl al GharbīyahBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar3 km south
Asia/QatarSame local time - As SaddBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar3 km west
Asia/QatarSame local time - Al Hilāl ash SharqīyahBaladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar3.2 km southeast
Asia/QatarSame local time
Sources for Doha 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.
- Main Results of the General Census 2020Planning and Statistics Authority Qatar · 2020 census · AccessedOfficial municipality population, share and density results.