Local time in the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Current local time in the United Arab Emirates (GST (UTC+4)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Abu Dhabi
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Differences are relative to Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for the United Arab Emirates
- Standard label
- GST (UTC+4)
- Standard offset (Abu Dhabi)
- UTC+4
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- IANA zones
- Asia/Dubai
The United Arab Emirates uses GST (UTC+4) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in the United Arab Emirates.
Sunrise and sunset in Abu Dhabi
At 24.5° north, Abu Dhabi gets 13 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 10 h 37 min around the December solstice — a difference of 3 h 02 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 07:08 | 12:34 | 18:00 | 10 h 52 min |
| 21 February | 06:53 | 12:37 | 18:21 | 11 h 28 min |
| 21 March | 06:27 | 12:30 | 18:34 | 12 h 08 min |
| 21 April | 05:56 | 12:22 | 18:47 | 12 h 51 min |
| 21 May | 05:38 | 12:20 | 19:02 | 13 h 25 min |
| 21 June | 05:35 | 12:25 | 19:14 | 13 h 39 min |
| 21 July | 05:46 | 12:29 | 19:13 | 13 h 26 min |
| 21 August | 06:00 | 12:27 | 18:53 | 12 h 53 min |
| 21 September | 06:11 | 12:16 | 18:22 | 12 h 10 min |
| 21 October | 06:24 | 12:08 | 17:52 | 11 h 28 min |
| 21 November | 06:43 | 12:09 | 17:35 | 10 h 52 min |
| 21 December | 07:02 | 12:21 | 17:40 | 10 h 37 min |
Calculated for Abu Dhabi (24.45°, 54.40°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates does not change its clocks: it stays on GST (UTC+4) all year in 2026 and 2027.
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.