Meeting time

Best time to meet: Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi

Johannesburg is 2 hours behind Abu Dhabi right now. Their working days overlap for 6 hours: 9 AM to 3 PM in Johannesburg, which is 11 AM to 5 PM in Abu Dhabi. The easiest time to meet is 11:30 AM in Johannesburg (1:30 PM in Abu Dhabi).

Tue 6:00 PMJohannesburg · South Africa Standard TimeTue 8:00 PMAbu Dhabi · Gulf Standard Time
Start a free meetingSend a booking link that shows your times in their zone

Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Johannesburg time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

JohannesburgAbu Dhabi
6 AM8 AMBoth off
7 AM9 AMAbu Dhabi at work
8 AM10 AMAbu Dhabi at work
9 AM11 AMBoth at work
10 AM12 PMBoth at work
11 AM1 PMBoth at work
12 PM2 PMBoth at work
1 PM3 PMBoth at work
2 PM4 PMBoth at work
3 PM5 PMJohannesburg at work
4 PM6 PMJohannesburg at work
5 PM7 PMBoth off
6 PM8 PMBoth off
7 PM9 PMBoth off
8 PM10 PMBoth off
9 PM11 PMBoth off
10 PM12 AM next dayBoth off

All year

The gap between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.

Abu Dhabi keeps the same clock as Dubai.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Abu Dhabi when it is 9 AM in Johannesburg?
11 AM in Abu Dhabi, while Johannesburg is 2 hours behind.
When is the best time for a call between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi?
11:30 AM in Johannesburg, which is 1:30 PM in Abu Dhabi. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 3 PM Johannesburg time.
Does the time difference between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi change during the year?
No. It stays 2 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

New York and Johannesburg1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM New York timeLondon and Johannesburg6 hours of shared working day · meet at 11:30 AM London timeSan Francisco and JohannesburgNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM San Francisco timeBangalore and Johannesburg4 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Bangalore timeSingapore and Johannesburg2 hours of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Singapore timeLos Angeles and JohannesburgNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM Los Angeles timeSydney and JohannesburgNo shared working hours · fairest at 5 PM Sydney timeTokyo and Johannesburg1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Tokyo timeBerlin and Johannesburg7 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Berlin timeChicago and JohannesburgNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM Chicago timeDubai and Johannesburg6 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Dubai timeNew York and Abu DhabiNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM New York time

Every city from Johannesburg · Every city from Abu Dhabi · All cities · Plan across more than two cities

Try Meetful

Meetings that take their own notes

Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.

Try Meetful freeSee what it does