Saudi Arabia
Time now in Makkah
Sunrise 06:00Sunset 06:47Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,578,722
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
06:47
Day length
12h 46m
Coordinates
21.43, 39.83
Time difference from Makkah
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Makkah right now.
Makkah on the map
About the time in Makkah
The zone identifier Asia/Riyadh is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Riyadh keeps pointing at Riyadh time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Sunrise today lands at 06:00 and sunset at 06:47 local time, giving 12h 46m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (21.43, 39.83) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Makkah.
Makkah runs on Asia/Riyadh, which puts the city UTC +3 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Makkah
- Which time zone is Makkah in?
- Makkah uses Asia/Riyadh, currently UTC +3.
- What are normal business hours in Makkah in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Makkah runs from 06:00–14:00 UTC today.
- Does Makkah change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Makkah keeps UTC +3 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Makkah right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Makkah, updating every second from Asia/Riyadh (UTC +3).
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