Dammam to Houston time converter

Enter a date and time in Dammam to see the matching time and weekday in Houston. Handy for planning calls and meetings between Saudi Arabia and the United States.

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How to use it

  1. Enter date in dammam and time in dammam.
  2. The result appears straight away and updates as you edit.
  3. Copy the result, or copy a link that keeps the same values to share it.

How it is calculated

Dammam is fixed at UTC+3. Subtract 3 hours to get UTC, then add the Houston offset on that date (UTC-6 in winter, UTC-5 in summer) from the IANA time-zone database, zone America/Chicago.

Example

Inputs: Date in Dammam = 2026-07-15, Time in Dammam = 09:00. Result: Time in Houston: 01:00 Wednesday; Date in Houston: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (2026-07-15); Time difference: -8 hours.

Limits and caveats

  • DST dates and zone rules come from the time-zone database on your device or browser, so a recent rule change it has not received can shift the result.
  • Houston follows US Central Time.

Questions about this tool

What is the time difference between Dammam and Houston?

In winter Houston is 9 hours behind Dammam; during summer time Houston is 8 hours behind Dammam.

If it is 9:00 am in Dammam, what time is it in Houston?

It is 00:00 in winter and 01:00 during summer time in Houston.

Does Houston change its clocks in summer?

The United States uses daylight saving time from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, moving Houston from UTC-6 to UTC-5. Saudi Arabia does not use daylight saving time and stays on UTC+3 all year.