Qatar operates on Arabia Standard Time (AST), which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+3). The entire country follows a single timezone and does not observe daylight saving time.
Doha, the capital and largest city, along with Al Wakrah, Al Khor, and other cities all follow AST. Qatar shares its timezone with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Yemen.
Qatar has the highest GDP per capita in the world. The country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Middle Eastern nation to do so. Qatar is a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf and is home to Al Jazeera, the influential news network. The country has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.