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Time difference between Dubai and Doha

Good time for both on a weekday: 10:00–17:00 in Dubai = 9:00–16:00 in Doha.

 

 

 

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  • Work hours
  • Awake
  • Night
  • Weekend

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Different hours for each city
  • 1 hourDoha behind Dubai
  • UTC+4Dubai, January and July
  • UTC+3Doha, January and July
  • 7 hoursshared 9-to-5 time

How the gap moves through the year

The gap never changes: Doha is 1 hour behind Dubai on every day of the year, because neither city uses daylight saving time.

Dubai does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+4 (Gulf Standard Time) all year.

Doha does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+3 (Arabian Standard Time) all year.

Everything on this page also holds if you swap Dubai for Baku, Abu Dhabi, Yerevan, Tbilisi or Muscat, or Doha for Istanbul, Moscow, Baghdad, Dar es Salaam or Saint Petersburg — those cities follow exactly the same clock all year.

Working hours that overlap

In January, a 9-to-5 day in both cities shares 7 hours: 10:00 am–5:00 pm in Dubai, which is 9:00 am–4:00 pm in Doha.

July gives exactly the same window.

Across the week

At 9:00 on a Monday morning in Dubai, it is 8:00 am on Monday in Doha.

Daylight, distance and night calls

Dubai and Doha are about 381 km (237 miles) apart and 4° of longitude apart, which by the sun alone would be 15 minutes.

Dubai's winter clock runs 19 minutes ahead of the sun, and Doha's runs 26 minutes behind the sun.

In mid-January the sun is up in Dubai from about 7:05 am to 5:50 pm, and the sun is up in Doha from about 6:21 am to 5:04 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 10 hours 30 minutes.

In mid-July the sun is up in Dubai from about 5:38 am to 7:11 pm, and the sun is up in Doha from about 4:53 am to 6:27 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 13 hours 15 minutes.

Hour-by-hour table and common mistakes — 2 more sections
Each hour in Dubai and the same moment in Doha, on a Wednesday in January and in July. Shaded: inside 9-to-5 in both.
DubaiDoha, JanuaryDoha, July
12:00 am11:00 pm (−1 day)11:00 pm (−1 day)
1:00 am12:00 am12:00 am
2:00 am1:00 am1:00 am
3:00 am2:00 am2:00 am
4:00 am3:00 am3:00 am
5:00 am4:00 am4:00 am
6:00 am5:00 am5:00 am
7:00 am6:00 am6:00 am
8:00 am7:00 am7:00 am
9:00 am8:00 am8:00 am
10:00 am9:00 am9:00 am
11:00 am10:00 am10:00 am
12:00 pm11:00 am11:00 am
1:00 pm12:00 pm12:00 pm
2:00 pm1:00 pm1:00 pm
3:00 pm2:00 pm2:00 pm
4:00 pm3:00 pm3:00 pm
5:00 pm4:00 pm4:00 pm
6:00 pm5:00 pm5:00 pm
7:00 pm6:00 pm6:00 pm
8:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm
9:00 pm8:00 pm8:00 pm
10:00 pm9:00 pm9:00 pm
11:00 pm10:00 pm10:00 pm

Common mistakes with Dubai and Doha

  • Converting in the wrong direction. Doha is 1 hour behind Dubai, so subtract 1 hour to turn a Dubai time into Doha time.

Questions

Is Doha ahead of Dubai?
Doha is 1 hour behind Dubai.
What is a good time for a meeting between Dubai and Doha?
With 9-to-5 days in both cities, 10:00 am–5:00 pm Dubai time is inside working hours in both, which gives 7 hours.
Does the time difference between Dubai and Doha change?
No. The gap never changes: Doha is 1 hour behind Dubai on every day of the year, because neither city uses daylight saving time.

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