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9–17 in Abu Dhabi vs UTC
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- المولد النبويّ25 Aug 2026
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- الإسراء والمعراج5 Jan 2027
- اليوم الأول من رمضان8 Feb 2027
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About Abu Dhabi
Home to roughly 1,482,816 residents, Abu Dhabi is a mid-sized urban centre in United Arab Emirates. Its terrain rests around 27 m of elevation.
The Asia/Dubai zone governs civic time in Abu Dhabi; this identifier is the canonical reference used by every operating system on Earth. Sun behaviour here follows the subtropical pattern of the northern hemisphere, with the steepest seasonal day-length swings around the equinoxes.
Locally, prices are quoted in AED and the international dialing code is +971. Whether you need to plan a meeting, check a flight, or feed an AI agent Abu Dhabi's local time, the data on this page is delivered in both human and JSON form.
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Questions about time in Abu Dhabi
The current local time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is shown live at the top of this page, synchronized to atomic time to the millisecond.
Abu Dhabi uses the IANA time zone Asia/Dubai, currently UTC+4.
Whether Abu Dhabi observes daylight saving time and the date of the next clock change are shown in the Timezone block above. The IANA database (Asia/Dubai) is the source of truth.
Abu Dhabi is currently 8 hours ahead of New York.
Abu Dhabi is currently 3 hours ahead of London.
Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and civil/nautical/astronomical twilight times for Abu Dhabi are listed in the Sun section above, computed from the city's coordinates (24.4539, 54.3773).
United Arab Emirates uses the AED currency and the +971 international dialing code.
Abu Dhabi sits at 24.4539° N, 54.3773° E, 27 m above sea level, in United Arab Emirates.