DamascusSyria
Damascus time at a glance
- Country
- Syria
- Location
- Capital city of Syria
- Time zone
Asia/Damascus- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Damascus time guide
Does Damascus change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Damascus
- Damascus and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Damascus and New York
- 8 hours ahead during EST; 7 hours ahead during EDT
Governorate and urban region
Damascus and Rural Damascus are separate
Syria's official statistics distinguish Damascus Governorate from the surrounding Rural Damascus Governorate. Older census totals and newer estimates should retain both their date and geography, particularly after years of displacement.
Time-zone identity for Damascus
- IANA zone
Asia/Damascus- 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.
Damascus is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Damascus
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 Damascus
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Damascus, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
- UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
- UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
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 Damascus, capital of Syria
Damascus is the capital of Syria. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Syria
- Administrative area
- Damascus Governorate, Syria
- Population
- 1,569,394
- Coordinates
- 33.5102° N, 36.2913° E. The elevation is 701 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Damascus
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Damascus. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- al-YarmūkDamascus Governorate, Syria4.6 km south
Asia/DamascusSame local time - BabīlāRif-dimashq, Syria5.7 km southeast
Asia/DamascusSame local time - JaramānāRif-dimashq, Syria5.7 km southeast
Asia/DamascusSame local time - ‘IrbīnRif-dimashq, Syria7.6 km northeast
Asia/DamascusSame local time - DārayyāRif-dimashq, Syria7.9 km southwest
Asia/DamascusSame local time - ḨarastāRif-dimashq, Syria8.7 km northeast
Asia/DamascusSame local time
Sources for Damascus 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.
- Statistical yearbooks and census publicationsSyrian Planning and Statistics Commission · Official statistical series · AccessedOfficial source for census, survey and statistical-yearbook publications.