Current time in Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Asia/Dubai

Monday

15:27:58

Monday, 7 September 2026

3:27:58 PM · +04 · UTC+04:00

Timezone details

  • City: Dubai
  • Country: United Arab Emirates
  • IANA timezone: Asia/Dubai
  • UTC/GMT offset: UTC+04:00
  • Abbreviation: +04
  • Daylight saving: No, DST is not active now.
  • Difference from UTC: 4 hours ahead of UTC

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Sunrise: 6:00 AM · Sunset: 6:34 PM

24-hour timeline

Blue: 09:00–17:00 Orange: evening Grey: night Outlined/dark: current hour (15:00)

Typical business hours

Many offices in Dubai keep weekday hours around 09:00–17:00 local time. That is a general planning range, not a claim about a specific employer. On the 24-hour bar, those hours are marked as working hours.

If you are calling from another timezone, compare Dubai with another city and use the overlapping 09:00–17:00 helper.

How this time is calculated

The server converts the current UTC instant into Asia/Dubai using PHP’s DateTimeZone database. The offset UTC+04:00 and DST flag are taken from that instant, so March and November transitions are included automatically. JavaScript then keeps the displayed clock ticking in the same zone.

Last calculated: 2026-09-07 11:27:58 UTC. Review timezone rules if your operating system tzdata is outdated.

About time in Dubai

Dubai uses Asia/Dubai. The UAE does not observe daylight saving, so the offset stays UTC+04:00.

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Frequently asked questions

The current time in Dubai is shown at the top of this page and updates every second. It is calculated from the IANA timezone Asia/Dubai.

Dubai uses the IANA timezone identifier Asia/Dubai. The current abbreviation is +04 with an offset of UTC+04:00.

No, daylight saving time is not currently active. The offset is taken from PHP’s timezone database for this exact date, not from a fixed UTC value.

Dubai is currently 4 hours ahead of UTC.

Not necessarily. Open the United Arab Emirates page to see whether that country uses more than one timezone.