Qatar time now, live flip clock
Clocks across Qatar read UTC+3, from January through December. The clock above keeps the time in Doha, the capital, down to the second.
Time zone in Qatar
Qatar's Constitution names Doha City as the capital of the State. It adds that a law may move the capital to another place. Doha is the reference point for the table below.
- UTC+3
- Not observed
- Doha, Ar Rayyān, Al Maţār al ‘Atīq, Al Manşūrah
How many hours ahead or behind Doha
On 24 October 2026, Kolkata is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of Doha.
| City | Difference from Doha |
|---|---|
| Kolkata | 2 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Colombo | 2 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Kathmandu | 2 hours 45 minutes ahead |
| Karachi | 2 hours ahead |
| Manila | 5 hours ahead |
| Dubai | 1 hour ahead |
| London | 2 hours behind |
| New York | 7 hours behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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From sun time to today's offset
- Local mean time in Doha
- The time zone database opens Qatar's entry with local mean time, reckoned from the sun's average course over Doha. It ran a little under half an hour ahead of today's clocks. That ended soon after the First World War.
- An hour ahead of today
- 1
- Next, the database sets Qatar's clocks one hour ahead of where they stand now, level with Dubai's present offset. Qatar stayed there for about half a century. The entry then moves Qatar back an hour, to the offset its clocks show now.
Questions about time in Qatar
What time zone is Qatar in?
Qatar uses UTC+3 in every town, Doha and Ar Rayyān included. The time zone database keeps an entry under Qatar's own name, and the clock above follows it. Bahrain's clocks run on that same entry in this site's data.
Does Qatar change its clocks for summer?
No. This site's time zone data has no clock change for Qatar, this year or next. Doha's offset holds through the hot months and the cool ones. In January, New York runs 8 hours behind Doha. In July the gap is an hour smaller, since New York keeps summer time then.
What is the time difference between Qatar and India?
Doha is 2 hours 30 minutes behind India in every season. Sri Lanka keeps India's offset, and Nepal is 2 hours 45 minutes ahead of Doha. Pakistan is 2 hours ahead of it. Qatar and all four of these countries skip summer time. A call fixed in Doha's evening lands at the same local hour all year.
Is Qatar on the same time as Dubai?
No. Dubai is 1 hour ahead of Doha, winter and summer, and Oman's clocks match Dubai's. Riyadh, Kuwait City and Baghdad keep Doha's offset. A call set by Doha's clock reads an hour later on Dubai's.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Qatar | UTC+3 | No |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.