Meeting time
Best time to meet: Dubai and Riyadh
Dubai is 1 hour ahead of Riyadh right now. Their working days overlap for 7 hours: 10 AM to 5 PM in Dubai, which is 9 AM to 4 PM in Riyadh. The easiest time to meet is 11 AM in Dubai (10 AM in Riyadh).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Dubai time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Dubai | Riyadh | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 5 AM | Both off |
| 7 AM | 6 AM | Both off |
| 8 AM | 7 AM | Both off |
| 9 AM | 8 AM | Dubai at work |
| 10 AM | 9 AM | Both at work |
| 11 AM | 10 AM | Easiest time |
| 12 PM | 11 AM | Both at work |
| 1 PM | 12 PM | Both at work |
| 2 PM | 1 PM | Both at work |
| 3 PM | 2 PM | Both at work |
| 4 PM | 3 PM | Both at work |
| 5 PM | 4 PM | Riyadh at work |
| 6 PM | 5 PM | Both off |
| 7 PM | 6 PM | Both off |
| 8 PM | 7 PM | Both off |
| 9 PM | 8 PM | Both off |
| 10 PM | 9 PM | Both off |
All year
The gap between Dubai and Riyadh does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.
Riyadh keeps the same clock as Istanbul.
Which days work
Riyadh works Sunday to Thursday and Dubai works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Riyadh's weekend, and a Sunday one on Dubai's.
Questions people ask
8 AM in Riyadh, while Dubai is 1 hour ahead.
11 AM in Dubai, which is 10 AM in Riyadh. Both cities are at work from 10 AM to 5 PM Dubai time.
No. It stays 1 hour all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.
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