Current local time in Qatar
Qatar has one time zone: AST (Arabian Standard Time), UTC+3. The current time in 10 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Doha (capital)
AST
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+3
- Capital
- Doha
- Continent
- Asia
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 2,972,215
- Area
- 11,437 km²
- Currency
- Rial (QAR)
- Languages
- Arabic, Spanish
- Dialling code
- +974
- Internet domain
- .qa
Time zone in Qatar
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Doha |
|---|---|---|
| DohaAST (Arabian Standard Time) · Asia/Qatar | Tue 11:57 AM | Same time |
Current local time in 10 cities in Qatar
Every city in Qatar with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- Al KhawrTue 11:57 AM
- Al WakrahTue 11:57 AM
- Ar RayyānTue 11:57 AM
- Az̧ Z̧a‘āyinTue 11:57 AM
- DohaTue 11:57 AM
- LusailTue 11:57 AM
- Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat RāshidTue 11:57 AM
- Nu‘ayjahTue 11:57 AM
- Umm GhuwaylīnahTue 11:57 AM
- Umm Şalāl MuḩammadTue 11:57 AM
Countries next to Qatar
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Every city in Qatar keeps the same time.
One. All of Qatar is on AST (Arabian Standard Time) (Asia/Qatar).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+3 all year.
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.