Current time in the Asia/Kuwait time zone

Asia/Kuwait is an IANA time zone used in Kuwait. It stays on UTC+3 all year.

Asia/Kuwait at a glance

UTC offset now	UTC+3
Standard time	UTC+3
Used in	Kuwait

Rules of the Asia/Kuwait time zone

Asia/Kuwait stays on UTC+3 all year. The tz database records no daylight saving time in this zone since 1970.

Where Asia/Kuwait is used

Asia/Kuwait is used in Kuwait. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

Asia/Kuwait compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

City	Time now	Difference now	In January	In July
New York (United States)	--:--	8 h behind	8 h behind	7 h behind
Los Angeles (United States)	--:--	11 h behind	11 h behind	10 h behind
London (United Kingdom)	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	2 h behind
Paris (France)	--:--	2 h behind	2 h behind	1 h behind
Dubai (United Arab Emirates)	--:--	1 h ahead	1 h ahead	1 h ahead
Mumbai (India)	--:--	2 h 30 min ahead	2 h 30 min ahead	2 h 30 min ahead
Singapore	--:--	5 h ahead	5 h ahead	5 h ahead
Tokyo (Japan)	--:--	6 h ahead	6 h ahead	6 h ahead
Sydney (Australia)	--:--	8 h ahead	8 h ahead	7 h ahead
UTC	--:--	3 h behind	3 h behind	3 h behind

Other zones on UTC+3 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Asia/Kuwait today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

Using Asia/Kuwait in software

Use the zone name Asia/Kuwait rather than an abbreviation or a fixed offset. Abbreviations can mean several zones, and offsets ignore future clock changes.

Show the current time in Asia/Kuwait:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Kuwait', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Asia/Kuwait'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kuwait')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Asia/Kuwait date

Plan around the time in Asia/Kuwait

Convert a time to or from Asia/Kuwait: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
Add Al Ahmadi to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Asia/Kuwait and the other cities you work with.
Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

What is the UTC offset of Asia/Kuwait?

UTC+3, all year.

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.