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Current time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Monday, 10 August 2026

Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00

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Riyadh time at a glance

Country
Saudi Arabia
Location
Capital city of Saudi Arabia
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
UTC offset now
UTC+03:00
Current zone label
GMT+3
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Riyadh

Conditions near Riyadh and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

39°C

Severe sandstorm

Feels like
34°C
Humidity
12%
Wind
21.2 km/h E
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Severe sandstorm33°C to 44°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h
  2. Severe sandstorm34°C to 44°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h
  3. Severe sandstorm34°C to 44°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h

Forecast valid from 21:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:41:17.152Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:56:17.152Z.

Time-zone identity for Riyadh

IANA zone
Asia/Riyadh
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.

Riyadh is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Riyadh

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Riyadh

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Riyadh, 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 Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of Saudi Arabia
Administrative area
Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Population
4,205,961
Coordinates
24.6877° N, 46.7219° E. The elevation is 612 metres.

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Sources for Riyadh time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.