Dubai to London: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between Dubai and London — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
6 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 08:00–14:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | Dubai | Status | London | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | Asleep | 01:00 | Asleep |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | Asleep | 02:00 | Asleep |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | Early morning | 03:00 | Asleep |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | Early morning | 04:00 | Asleep |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | Early morning | 05:00 | Asleep |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | Working hours | 06:00 | Early morning |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | Working hours | 07:00 | Early morning |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | Working hours | 08:00 | Early morning |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 09:00 | Working hours |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | Evening | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | Late night | 18:00 | Evening |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | Late night | 19:00 | Evening |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | Late night | 20:00 | Evening |
| 20:00 | 00:00 next day | Asleep | 21:00 | Late night |
| 21:00 | 01:00 next day | Asleep | 22:00 | Late night |
| 22:00 | 02:00 next day | Asleep | 23:00 | Late night |
| 23:00 | 03:00 next day | Asleep | 00:00 next day | Asleep |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in Dubai | 06:00 in London |
| 12:00 in Dubai | 09:00 in London |
| 15:00 in Dubai | 12:00 in London |
| 17:00 in Dubai | 14:00 in London |
Daylight saving
Dubai does not observe daylight saving — this offset is fixed all year. London next moves its clocks back on 25 October 2026, to UTC+0.
Only one side changes its clocks
London observes daylight saving and Dubai does not. The difference between these two cities is therefore not constant — it changes twice a year, entirely because of the London side. A recurring meeting fixed to local time in Dubai will appear to move by an hour in London, and vice versa.
Scheduling across this corridor
Eastern Europe and the Middle East sit just far enough ahead of Western Europe to shave an hour or two off each end of the shared day without ever threatening it. The overlap remains generous. What varies is daylight saving: Turkey and Russia abandoned seasonal clock changes and hold a fixed offset year-round, while the EU still shifts, so the gap between these cities and Western Europe is not the same in July as it is in January.
About Dubai
Dubai holds a fixed offset year-round with no daylight saving. The working week is the significant scheduling factor rather than the clock: the UAE moved to a Monday-to-Friday week with a half-day Friday in 2022, so Friday afternoons are effectively unavailable. Its position between Europe and Asia makes it one of the few cities with a workable overlap in both directions.
About London
London is the practical reference point for global scheduling, sitting at UTC in winter and an hour ahead of it in summer. That is precisely why UTC and London time are not the same thing for most of the year, and why "GMT" used loosely between April and October is usually wrong. British Summer Time runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, on the EU schedule rather than the American one.
Add more cities
This page covers two cities. If your team spans three or more, open the interactive grid — it shows every city's working hours side by side and highlights the columns where everyone overlaps.
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Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.