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Daraa, Syria

Daraa Governorate observes Syria’s Asia/Damascus time zone, currently UTC+3 all year. Daraa, Nawa, Jasim, and other localities share one civil clock, while sunrise varies by season and exact position.

Dar'A, Syria

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+3 · Asia/Damascus

Time and sun data for Dar'A — the largest city of Daraa

The sun in Dar'A

Sunrise 06:13 Solar noon 12:36 Sunset 18:59 Daylight 12 h 46 min Night 11 h 14 min Civil twilight 05:48 – 19:24

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Current time in Daraa, Syria

The time displayed for Daraa is the same official time used elsewhere in Syria. There is no internal time boundary between the governorate’s communities, and a domestic journey does not require changing watches or calendar settings.

For a live clock, select Asia/Damascus. For a simple present-day comparison with UTC, Daraa is three hours ahead. International appointments should include the date because another country may alter its own offset seasonally even when Daraa does not.

Enter the meeting’s full date. Assign Asia/Damascus to the Daraa participant. Assign the actual named zone to the other participant. Review the converted local times before sending the invitation.

Principal places on the same clock

Daraa city is the administrative reference for the governorate. Nawa, Jasim, Al-Sanamayn, and Busra al-Sham are additional important urban centers. Describing these places as principal centers avoids implying a permanent population ranking where sources and municipal boundaries may differ.

Every one of them follows the same Syrian civil time. Their coordinates are not identical, however, so an astronomical service can return slightly different sunrise or sunset moments for each place. Daraa’s towns agree about the hour; agreeing about how early morning feels is another matter.

Planning around first light

Sunrise moves through the clock over the course of the year. The change comes from the seasonal pattern of daylight, not from different clocks within the governorate. The precise result depends on longitude, latitude, date, and the convention used by the calculator.

An astronomical sunrise normally assumes a standard horizon. Actual first sight of the Sun may be affected by buildings, terrain, cloud, or haze. Civil twilight also begins before sunrise, so “daylight starts” and “the Sun rises” are not interchangeable statements.

Choose Daraa city for a city-level result and the nearest named locality for plans elsewhere in the governorate. This distinction is especially useful for early travel and outdoor activity, when a few minutes of natural-light difference may matter more than the shared official clock.

Questions and answers

What time zone is Daraa in?
Daraa uses Asia/Damascus. The zone’s current offset is UTC+3.
Is the time different in Nawa?
No. Nawa and Daraa keep the same official time because both follow Syria’s national clock.
Does sunrise occur at the same moment across Daraa Governorate?
Not exactly. Location and date affect the calculated moment, even though every locality displays the same civil time.
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