Qatar
Time now in Qatar
Sunrise 05:10Sunset 06:05Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Asia/Qatar
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
2,781,677
Sunrise
05:10
Sunset
06:05
Day length
12h 55m
Coordinates
25.50, 51.25
Time difference from Qatar
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Qatar right now.
Qatar on the map
About the time in Qatar
Sunrise today lands at 05:10 and sunset at 06:05 local time, giving 12h 55m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (25.50, 51.25) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Qatar.
Qatar runs on Asia/Qatar, 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.
The zone identifier Asia/Qatar is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Qatar keeps pointing at Qatar time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Qatar
- Which time zone is Qatar in?
- Qatar uses Asia/Qatar, currently UTC +3.
- What are normal business hours in Qatar in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Qatar runs from 06:00–14:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Qatar?
- Qatar is UTC +3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Qatar right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Qatar, updating every second from Asia/Qatar (UTC +3).
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