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Ta‘izz, Yemen

Ta‘izz observes UTC+3 all year and does not use daylight saving time. Sunrise differs between the highland capital, surrounding districts and the Red Sea coast because coordinates and the local horizon both matter.

Taiz, Yemen

2:31:02 AM

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC+3 · Asia/Aden

Time and sun data for Taiz — the largest city of Ta‘izz

The sun in Taiz

Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 11 h 34 min Night 12 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 5:58 PM

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Current time in Ta‘izz, Yemen

The entire governorate keeps Arabia Standard Time, three hours ahead of UTC. Asia/Aden is the standard IANA identifier for use in software. There are no seasonal clock changes, so local time advances continuously on the same offset.

Add three hours when converting from UTC. A traveller moving between Ta‘izz city and the coast at Al Mokha keeps the same watch setting. For calls abroad, check whether the other location changes clocks seasonally, since that can alter the time difference.

From mountain road to Red Sea shore, the scenery changes more often than the clock in Ta‘izz.

Largest city and other important centres

Ta‘izz city is the governorate capital and by far its principal urban centre. The governorate also includes Al Mokha on the Red Sea, Al Turbah in the southern highlands and numerous district towns. Population comparisons should specify their source and boundary because the central city, municipality and wider urban area are different geographic units.

Ta‘izz, the capital and main city Al Mokha, also written Mocha or Mokha, a Red Sea port Al Turbah, an important southern highland town Dimnat Khadir, a district centre east of Ta‘izz At Ta‘iziyah-area settlements around the main city

All share UTC+3. Name variants such as Taiz, Taizz and Ta‘izz can affect search results but not the local time. For weather or sunrise information, select the exact settlement rather than assuming that a result labelled only “Taiz” represents the governorate’s coast and mountains equally.

Sunrise between mountain and sea

The sunrise time changes with the date and observer’s coordinates. The eastern side of the governorate generally reaches astronomical sunrise before the western coast. Latitude also affects the seasonal pattern, although all results are expressed on the same UTC+3 clock.

Ta‘izz city lies in mountainous terrain near Jabal Sabir, so ridges can affect when direct sunlight first reaches a particular neighbourhood or slope. Al Mokha has a lower coastal setting, but its position farther west shifts astronomical sunrise later than at comparable eastern locations. A published calculation assumes a conventional horizon and cannot fully describe every street, valley or hillside.

Use a city-specific result for ordinary planning and exact coordinates where precision matters. Confirm the date and local time zone before setting an alarm. Weather may obscure the solar disk, while terrain can delay its visible appearance; neither circumstance means the clock or time-zone calculation is wrong.

Questions and answers

Do Ta‘izz city and Al Mokha have the same time?: Yes. Both use UTC+3, as does the rest of the governorate.
Does Ta‘izz observe daylight saving time?: No. Its clocks are not moved seasonally.
Why is sunrise different at Ta‘izz and Al Mokha?: The places have different coordinates and horizons. Ta‘izz is an inland highland city, while Al Mokha lies farther west on the coast.