Current local time in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates has one time zone: GST (Gulf Standard Time), UTC+4. The current time in 30 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Abu Dhabi (capital)
GST
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+4
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Continent
- Asia
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 11,513,149
- Area
- 82,880 km²
- Currency
- Dirham (AED)
- Languages
- Arabic, Persian, English, Hindi
- Dialling code
- +971
- Internet domain
- .ae
Time zone in United Arab Emirates
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Abu Dhabi |
|---|---|---|
| DubaiGST (Gulf Standard Time) · Asia/Dubai | Tue 12:57 PM | Same time |
Current local time in 30 cities in United Arab Emirates
Every city in United Arab Emirates with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- Abu DhabiTue 12:57 PM
- Adh DhaydTue 12:57 PM
- AjmanTue 12:57 PM
- Al Ain CityTue 12:57 PM
- Al SajaahTue 12:57 PM
- Al Shamkhah CityTue 12:57 PM
- Ar RuwaysTue 12:57 PM
- Bani Yas CityTue 12:57 PM
- Bur DubaiTue 12:57 PM
- Dibba Al-FujairahTue 12:57 PM
- Dibba Al-HisnTue 12:57 PM
- DubaiTue 12:57 PM
- FujairahTue 12:57 PM
- HalwanTue 12:57 PM
- ḨattāTue 12:57 PM
- Jebel AliTue 12:57 PM
- KalbāTue 12:57 PM
- Khalifah A CityTue 12:57 PM
- Khawr FakkānTue 12:57 PM
- LahbabTue 12:57 PM
- Mohammed Bin Zayed CityTue 12:57 PM
- MusaffahTue 12:57 PM
- Ras Al KhaimahTue 12:57 PM
- Reef Al Fujairah CityTue 12:57 PM
- SharjahTue 12:57 PM
- Ţarīf KalbāTue 12:57 PM
- The Palm JumeirahTue 12:57 PM
- Umm Al Quwain CityTue 12:57 PM
- WarīsānTue 12:57 PM
- Zayed CityTue 12:57 PM
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Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates. Every city in United Arab Emirates keeps the same time.
One. All of United Arab Emirates is on GST (Gulf Standard Time) (Asia/Dubai).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+4 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.