Dubai uses Gulf Standard Time (UTC+04:00) all year via Asia/Dubai.
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Dubai does not spring forward. That makes airline and hotel clocks stable, while the gap to Europe and the US still changes when those regions observe DST. Dubai is 1.5 hours behind IST and one hour ahead of Riyadh.
Dubai uses Asia/Dubai. The current offset is UTC+04:00. Clocks on this page update from that IANA zone rather than from the server’s local time.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates is in Gulf Standard Time (Asia/Dubai). Dubai uses Gulf Standard Time (UTC+04:00) all year via Asia/Dubai.
This time zone does not observe daylight saving time The UAE does not observe daylight saving time. GST remains UTC+04:00 all year.
At this moment the offset difference is +00:00 hours relative to UTC labels, meaning Dubai compared with Abu Dhabi can be converted in the time zone converter using Asia/Dubai and Asia/Dubai. Daylight saving on either side is applied automatically.