Current time in Mecca
Saudi Arabia · Asia/Riyadh
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Local time
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Coordinated Universal Time
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Same as you
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Relative to your device
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- UTC offset
- UTC+3
- vs Wales
- +2h
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
Asia/Riyadh
Current difference
Fixed offset year-round
Mecca compared with Wales
Live difference between Mecca and Welsh time, plus the working hours you actually share.
Mecca runs 2 hours ahead of Wales at the moment. If you are arranging a call from Cardiff, Swansea or Newport, a 12:00 start here lands at 14:00 in Mecca. Because Mecca does not observe daylight saving, this gap changes by an hour when the UK switches between GMT and BST.
When it is this time in Mecca
The same moment, shown in major cities worldwide.
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Nearby & related cities
Other places in Saudi Arabia and in time zones close to Mecca.
Mecca time, questions
- What time is it in Mecca right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, updating every second. Mecca uses the Asia/Riyadh time zone, currently UTC+3 (UTC+3).
- What is the time difference between Wales and Mecca?
- Mecca is currently 2 hours ahead of Wales. When it is 12:00 noon in Cardiff, it is 14:00 in Mecca. Note that this gap can change by an hour at daylight saving transitions, which do not always happen on the same date in both countries.
- Does Mecca observe daylight saving time?
- No. Mecca stays on UTC+3 all year round and does not adjust its clocks for daylight saving.
- What time zone is Mecca in?
- Mecca is in the Asia/Riyadh time zone of the IANA database, shown as UTC+3 and equal to UTC+3.
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