Time and Currency:

Saudi Arabia is on Greenwich Mean Time plus three hours (GMT+3). This is equivalent to Eastern Standard Time plus eight hours; seven hours during Daylight Savings Time.

Saudi coins are called halalahs. Coinage denominations are 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 halalahs, with 100 halalahs equal to one Riyal. Bank notes, printed in Arabic on one side and English on the reverse, are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 Riyals. One U.S dollar is equivalent to 3.75 Saudi Riyals.

 


 

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Updated on May 6, 1997