Current time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The current local time in Abu Dhabi is shown below. Abu Dhabi observes GST.
Daylight saving time
Abu Dhabi does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Dubai
- Standard abbreviation
- GST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Abu Dhabi in context
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the largest of the seven emirates by area, occupying around 87 percent of the federation's total land. The city proper sits on a T-shaped island off the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, connected to the mainland by three bridges. Around 1.5 million people live in Abu Dhabi city, with the wider emirate at around 3.6 million.
Timezone history of Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi shares Gulf Standard Time at UTC+4 with the rest of the UAE, with no internal variation. The emirate sits roughly 150 kilometres west of Dubai on the same coastline and offset. Across the southern desert border, Saudi Arabia and Oman are both one hour earlier and one hour later respectively (Saudi at UTC+3, Oman at UTC+4 like the UAE), so the immediate regional neighbours produce one cross-border time change.
Working hours in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi's working calendar follows the UAE's federal Monday-to-Friday schedule introduced in January 2022. Government offices, more prominent here than in Dubai, run 07:30 to 14:30. Private sector hours typically run 09:00 to 18:00. The substantial oil and gas industry (ADNOC is headquartered here) keeps trading and operations hours that overlap with both European and Asian markets. During Ramadan, working hours shorten by two hours by federal law, with iftar at sunset anchoring the social calendar.