United Arab Emirates
Time now in Sharjah
Sunrise 05:54Sunset 06:48Time zone UTC +4
Time zone
Asia/Dubai
UTC offset
UTC +4
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,324,473
Sunrise
05:54
Sunset
06:48
Day length
12h 55m
Coordinates
25.33, 55.51
Time difference from Sharjah
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Sharjah right now.
Sharjah on the map
About the time in Sharjah
Sharjah runs on Asia/Dubai, which puts the city UTC +4 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Sharjah day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 05:00–13:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Sunrise today lands at 05:54 and sunset at 06:48 local time, giving 12h 55m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (25.33, 55.51) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Sharjah.
Frequently asked questions about time in Sharjah
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Dubai, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Does Sharjah change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Sharjah keeps UTC +4 throughout the year.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Sharjah?
- Sharjah is UTC +4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Sharjah right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Sharjah, updating every second from Asia/Dubai (UTC +4).
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