Abu Dhabi Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Prayer times in Abu Dhabi are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (24.45°N). We use the Dubai method, the one followed across the United Arab Emirates. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Abu Dhabi's times use the Dubai method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in United Arab Emirates. They are drawn from Abu Dhabi's own coordinates (24.4539°N, 54.3773°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Abu Dhabi's prayer times are worked out

From Abu Dhabi, the Qibla is 260° from true north. Face west to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 1,527 km (949 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Abu Dhabi's own coordinates (24.45°N, 54.38°E), not a national average. That is why Abu Dhabi's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Abu Dhabi timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Abu Dhabi lies well west inside its Dubai time zone. So the sun peaks about 33 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:31 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 15h 12m near June down to 12h 02m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Abu Dhabi come from the Dubai Awqaf authority. The Dubai method sets Fajr when the sun is 18.2° below the horizon, and Isha at 18.2°. Use ISNA's 15° instead and Fajr here would move by several minutes. So the method — not the coordinates alone — settles the final time. We also publish times for nearby Musaffah, Mohammed Bin Zayed City and Khalifah A City. Each is only a few minutes off Abu Dhabi's clock.

Nearby: Musaffah prayer times · Mohammed Bin Zayed City prayer times · Khalifah A City prayer times · Bani Yas City prayer times · Al Shamkhah City prayer times

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Mosques in Abu Dhabi

Mosques in and around Abu Dhabi include مسجد مريم أم عيسى, Al Mansoori Mosque, Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Mosque, مسجد سعد بن معاذ, Abdullah Salem Mosque and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Mosque. The times on this page are worked out from Abu Dhabi's own coordinates, and they apply across these mosques. Check the exact iqama time with your local mosque. That is the congregation, called a few minutes after each prayer starts.