Dubai time zone and office-hour overlap
When Dubai, London and New York are all at work.
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- UTC+4Gulf Standard Time, January
- UTC+4Gulf Standard Time, July
- Asia/DubaiIANA time zone name
- 7other listed cities on the same clock all year
Clock changes
Dubai does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+4 (Gulf Standard Time) all year.
Sun and clock
At 55.3° east, the sun is highest over Dubai at about 12:19 pm on the winter clock — 19 minutes after noon, because the clock runs ahead of the sun.
In mid-January the sun rises at about 7:05 am and sets at about 5:50 pm — 10 hours 45 minutes of daylight.
In mid-July the sun rises at about 5:38 am and sets at about 7:11 pm — 13 hours 30 minutes of daylight.
On a January weekday, 7 of the listed cities share the whole 9-to-5 day with Dubai, 185 share at least two hours and 68 share no office time at all; on a July weekday the counts are 7, 190 and 67. The furthest away on the clock in January is Honolulu (United States), 14 hours behind.
Of the 268 cities in this planner, 193 are behind Dubai in January, 7 show the same time and 67 are ahead of it.
Cities on the same clock
All year, Dubai shows the same time as Baku (Azerbaijan), Abu Dhabi, Yerevan (Armenia), Tbilisi (Georgia), Muscat (Oman), Port Louis (Mauritius) and Victoria (Seychelles).
Office hours shared with 11 business cities
Counting a 9-to-5 day, Monday to Friday, in both cities: Dubai shares two hours or more with London, Paris, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney, and no office time at all with New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Auckland.
| City | Gap, Jan / Jul | Shared, Jan / Jul | At 9 am |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | −9 / −8 h | 0 / 0 h | 12:00 am |
| Los Angeles | −12 / −11 h | 0 / 0 h | 9:00 pm (−1 day) |
| Chicago | −10 / −9 h | 0 / 0 h | 11:00 pm (−1 day) |
| London | −4 / −3 h | 4 / 5 h | 5:00 am |
| Paris | −3 / −2 h | 5 / 6 h | 6:00 am |
| Mumbai | +1½ / +1½ h | 6½ / 6½ h | 10:30 am |
| Singapore | +4 / +4 h | 4 / 4 h | 1:00 pm |
| Tokyo | +5 / +5 h | 3 / 3 h | 2:00 pm |
| Sydney | +7 / +6 h | 1 / 2 h | 4:00 pm |
| Auckland | +9 / +8 h | 0 / 0 h | 6:00 pm |
| São Paulo | −7 / −7 h | 1 / 1 h | 2:00 am |
Time differences with Dubai
- London and DubaiDubai ahead by 3–4 hours · 5 hours of shared office time
- New York and DubaiDubai ahead by 8–9 hours · no shared office hours
- Sydney and DubaiDubai behind by 6–7 hours · 2 hours of shared office time
- Dubai and DohaDoha behind by 1 hour · 7 hours of shared office time
- Dubai and DelhiDelhi ahead by 1 hour 30 minutes · 6 hours 30 minutes of shared office time
City names, coordinates and time zone assignments: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (selection and renaming of some cities by this site). Clock times are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database. Sources and limits.