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What time is it in Damascus?

20:42:19

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Damascus, Syria
  • Time zone UTC+03:00
  • No daylight saving time
  • Sunrise 07:04 · sunset 17:33

Time difference with Damascus

Damascus is on UTC+03:00 right now: 3 hours ahead of UTC all year round.

CityTimeCompared with Damascus
London United Kingdom 17:42 3 hours behind
New York United States 12:42 8 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:42 11 hours behind
Paris France 18:42 2 hours behind
Berlin Germany 18:42 2 hours behind
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:42 1 hour ahead
New Delhi India 23:12 2 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:42 5 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:42 5 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:42 6 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:42 8 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:42 6 hours behind

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Daylight saving time in Damascus

Damascus does not change its clocks: UTC+03:00 all year round.

History of local time in Damascus

PeriodLegal time
since 25 March 2022UTC+3 all year round
1983 – 2022UTC+2, summer time UTC+3
1979 – 1982UTC+2 all year round
1962 – 1978UTC+2, summer time UTC+3
until 1961UTC+2 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Asia/Damascus. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Damascus

  • 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 72 % of the Sun covered at 13:00
  • 1 June 2030 · solar eclipsepartial, 66 % of the Sun covered at 07:54
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsepartly (Moon low on the horizon), maximum at 07:13
  • 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 21:19

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 52 km away, Zahlé (Lebanon) is 1 hour behind Damascus in winter and on the same time in summer.

PlaceDistance
Yarmouk5 km
Babīlā6 km
Djaramana6 km
‘Irbīn8 km
Dārayyā8 km
Ḩarastā9 km
Şaḩnāyā11 km
At Tall11 km

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Damascus
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Sun and Moon in Damascus

Sunrise
07:04
Sunset
17:33
Day length
10 h 29 min
Tomorrow
−2 min
0 h6 h12 h18 h24 h 07:0417:33

Dawn 06:38, dusk 17:59, solar noon 12:19. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 55 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 22 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:24 (5 June 2027), latest at 07:39 (2 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:26 (30 November 2026), latest at 19:48 (22 June 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 17 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:50 · moonset 20:32 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 14:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Syria

Time in Syria: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Damascus

Damascus is on Syrian time, UTC+3 all year round since October 2022.

Beirut, across the Lebanese border, is 1 hour behind Damascus in winter and on the same time in summer.