§ 01AE · MENA
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Dubai operates on UTC+4 (Gulf Standard Time) without DST. The official working week runs Monday to Friday since 2022 — a recent change from the Sunday-to-Thursday week, aligning the UAE with most global counterparties. Friday afternoon prayer can slow commerce.
Dubai · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 09m of light
Sunrise
02:06 UTC
Solar noon
08:11 UTC
Sunset
14:16 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Asia/Dubai.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:06
- Solar noon
- 12:11
- Sunset
- 18:16
- Day length
- 12h 09m
Conventional business hours
09:00—18:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveNight
+34°C
Clear
Feels like
35°
Wind
9 km/h N
Humidity
59%
Pressure
1,007 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 17 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Gulf Standard Time (GMT+4)
- UTC offset
- UTC+04:00
- IANA identifier
- Asia/Dubai
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Dubai does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+4 (UTC+04:00) all year.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+3 h
New York+8 h
Tokyo−5 h
Singapore−4 h
Sydney−6 h
Hours are Dubai's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Dubai in?
- Dubai is in the Gulf Standard Time zone (GMT+4), currently UTC+04:00.
- Does Dubai observe daylight saving time?
- Dubai does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+4 (UTC+04:00) all year.
- What is Dubai's UTC offset right now?
- Dubai is currently UTC+04:00 (GMT+4).
- What is the time difference between Dubai and London?
- Dubai is 3 hours ahead of London right now.
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