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Time in Iraq now

3:05PMUTC+3

UTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Asia/Baghdad

No clock changes: Iraq stays on UTC+3 all year.

Time zone in Iraq

Iraq uses a single time zone: UTC+3 all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Baghdad lies at 44.4° east, where mean solar time is UTC+2:58 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 2 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.

Daylight saving time in Iraq

No. Iraq does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 2007, after 26 years with summer time since 1970.

Clock history of Iraq

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+2:58 in Baghdad), which ended on January 1, 1890, when BMT (UTC+2:58) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 26 of the 55 years, most recently in 2007. The first summer time in the record dates from 1982. The table summarises the clocks of Iraq year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Baghdad.

YearsClocksAbbreviations
1970–1981UTC+3 all year—
1982–2007UTC+3 in winter, UTC+4 in summer—
2008 onwardUTC+3 all year—

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Iraq time

Tip: Alt+↑/↓ steps the time by 15 minutes (Shift: one hour). The link keeps the date, time and direction.

Time difference between Iraq and major cities

CityLocal time nowIraq vs city nowJanuaryJulyOffice overlap Jan / Jul
New York 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +8 h +8 h +7 h none / 1 h
Los Angeles 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 +11 h +11 h +10 h none / none
London 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +3 h +3 h +2 h 5 h / 6 h
Berlin 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 +2 h +2 h +1 h 6 h / 7 h
Dubai 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −1 h −1 h −1 h 7 h / 7 h
New Delhi 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 −2 h 30 min −2 h 30 min −2 h 30 min 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min
Singapore 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −5 h −5 h −5 h 3 h / 3 h
Beijing 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −5 h −5 h −5 h 3 h / 3 h
Tokyo 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 −6 h −6 h −6 h 2 h / 2 h

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Iraq’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Iraq overlaps New York’s for 0 min in January (3:00 AM–3:00 AM Iraq time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Iraq it is 1:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Iraq overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (12:00 PM–5:00 PM Iraq time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Iraq it is 6:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Iraq overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–2:30 PM Iraq time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Iraq it is 11:30 AM in New Delhi.

Mind the working week: in CLDR, the locale data used by phones and computers, Iraq’s weekend is Friday and Saturday, so the working week runs Sunday to Thursday. With a Monday-to-Friday partner, that leaves 4 shared working days a week.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Baghdad and the difference now.

CityDistanceTime nowTheir clock vs here
Tabriz Iran 550 km 3:35 PM UTC+3:30 +0 h 30 min
Yerevan Armenia 760 km 4:05 PM UTC+4 +1 h
Beirut Lebanon 830 km 2:05 PM EET −1 h
Nicosia Cyprus 1,030 km 2:05 PM EET −1 h
Shubrā al Khaymah Egypt 1,290 km 2:05 PM EET −1 h
Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1,360 km 5:05 PM UTC+5 +2 h

Same clock as Iraq

These places keep exactly the same time as Iraq all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Nairobi, Asia/Amman, Asia/Damascus, Asia/Qatar, Asia/Riyadh and 6 more).

Cities in Iraq

Iraq at a glance

Questions

What time is it in Iraq now?
The clock at the top of this page shows it to the second. Iraq is on UTC+3 all year, 8 hours ahead of New York in January and 7 hours ahead of New York in July.
What time zone is Iraq in?
Iraq uses UTC+3 all year. Its IANA time zone ID is Asia/Baghdad.
What is the time difference between Iraq and CST?
Iraq is 9 hours ahead of CST (UTC−6) all year.

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