What Time Is It in Iran Right Now?
Live clock, updates automatically
The awake/asleep estimate is a rough guide based on the clock, not real information about anyone's actual schedule.
If you split your life between Iran and another country, or your family still lives back home, you've probably asked yourself this more times than you can count: what time is it there right now? Is it too early to call, or are they already awake?
Since September 21, 2022, Iran has permanently abolished daylight saving time. Instead of shifting clocks forward and back each spring and fall like it used to, Iran now stays fixed at UTC+3:30 year-round — an unusually specific half-hour offset shared by only a handful of countries worldwide, like Afghanistan and India, though at different values.
That fixed schedule creates an interesting side effect: because countries like the US, Canada, the UK, and most of Europe still observe daylight saving time, the gap between their clocks and Iran's shifts by an hour twice a year — not because Iran moves, but because they do. That's exactly why a live tool like this one is more reliable than memorizing a single number; it always reflects the real difference, whatever the season.
One more practical detail: Iran's official weekend falls on Thursday and Friday, not Saturday and Sunday, and many workplaces are closed or only half-open on Thursdays too. If you're trying to reach a colleague or a business in Iran rather than family, that weekly schedule matters just as much as the time difference.
Pick your own city from more than 25 places with large Iranian communities — from Los Angeles and Toronto to London, Dubai, and Sydney. You'll see Iran's time and your city's time side by side, updating live, along with a simple estimate of whether your family is probably awake or asleep right now. It's just a rough estimate based on the clock, not a guarantee about anyone's actual schedule — but it's usually enough to avoid an unwelcome middle-of-the-night call.
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Common questions about the time difference with Iran
Iran Standard Time is based on the 52.5°E meridian rather than one that lines up with a whole-hour zone, which puts it at UTC+3:30 instead of UTC+3 or UTC+4. A handful of other countries also use half-hour offsets, like Afghanistan (UTC+4:30) and India (UTC+5:30), though at different values.
No. On September 21, 2022, Iran's parliament passed a law permanently abolishing daylight saving time. Since then, Iran has stayed fixed at UTC+3:30 all year, with no seasonal clock changes.
Because Iran itself no longer changes, but many other countries — the US, Canada, and most of Europe among them — still observe daylight saving time. When those countries move their clocks forward or back, the gap with Iran shifts too. That's on their end, not Iran's.
It's a rough guide based on the current hour in Iran (roughly 8 AM to 11 PM counts as "awake"), not real information about your family's actual schedule. Some people go to bed earlier, some later — treat it as a helpful nudge, not a hard rule.
The current list focuses on the largest Iranian diaspora communities worldwide. If your city isn't there, pick the nearest major city in the same time zone — many nearby cities share an identical time zone, so the clock will still be exactly right.