Prayer Times in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The five daily prayers in Islam are Fajr (dawn), Dhuhr (midday), Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (sunset), and Isha (night). In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, these times are calculated based on the sun's position using the Asia/Riyadh timezone. The exact times shift by a minute or two each day and are shown live below, computed on your device from your coordinates (24.7136°N, 46.6753°E).

Saudi Arabia uses the Umm al-Qura method. You can switch methods in the settings — the live times below will recompute instantly.

Fajr begins at true dawn (subh sadiq), when the sky first shows a horizontal band of light along the eastern horizon. Different scholarly bodies use different sun-angle values (typically 15° to 20° below the horizon) to compute this. On this page for Riyadh, the default is the Muslim World League method (18°) unless you have saved a different method. Your selected method is shown with the times.

No — Riyadh is at latitude 24.7°, well within normal ranges where the sun sets and rises reliably every day. Standard prayer-time calculation methods apply directly, without high-latitude adjustments.

Within the city of Riyadh, prayer times differ by seconds — not enough to matter in practice. The times shown are for the city center coordinates (24.7136, 46.6753). If you're outside the metropolitan area, use the Qibla and location tools to get times for your exact location.

No — Saudi Arabia does not observe daylight saving time. The Asia/Riyadh timezone stays fixed year-round, which means prayer times here are predictable from month to month. Fajr shifts earlier as summer approaches and Isha shifts later, but the clock on the wall never jumps by an hour.

Yes — every mall, airport, hotel, hospital, and most offices in Saudi Arabia have dedicated prayer rooms (musalla) with ablution facilities. Shopping-mall musallas are typically marked with the word "Prayer Room" and the Arabic مُصَلَّى on signage.