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Offshore software development from Nepal for teams in Qatar

A long shared window on every working day, and two things to settle early: which data law applies to you, and the statutory 36-hour cap through Ramadan.

Time difference between Nepal and Qatar

Kathmandu local time at the start and end of a working day in Qatar, your local time when a 10:00–18:00 Kathmandu day starts and ends, and the number of working hours the two share.
Your zone9:00 am for you5:00 pm for youKathmandu opens, your timeKathmandu closes, your timeShared hours
DohaAST · same all year11:45 am7:45 pm7:15 am3:15 pm6 hours 15 minutes

Kathmandu times shown for a 10:00–18:00 working day in Nepal against 09:00–17:00 in Qatar. Doha is 2 hours 45 minutes behind Kathmandu on AST. That leaves 6 hours 15 minutes of the working day in common. Convert other hours in the Nepal time converter and overlap calculator.

Working with a team in Nepal from Qatar

Doha's morning is where the two days meet most usefully. Kathmandu has been at work for a while when you arrive, so the first hours of your day can go on reviews and decisions with the whole team available, and by mid-afternoon in Doha the Nepal side has closed. Anything that needs a reply the same day belongs before then.

The first contract question is which data regime you sit under. Businesses in Qatar generally fall under the national personal data law, while firms licensed in the Qatar Financial Centre have their own regulations and their own regulator. The answer decides whose rules govern any personal data the offshore team can reach, so it is worth settling before access is granted.

Ramadan hours are set by statute rather than by religion. Qatar's Labour Law applies its shorter Ramadan week to every worker it covers, so the Doha day is shorter across the board and the overlap shrinks with it — a calendar change to agree once, in advance, for the whole team.

The Qatari riyal is fixed at 3.64 to the US dollar under Qatar Central Bank rules, so the exchange rate on a dollar-priced contract does not move between invoices.

Worth knowing in Qatar

  • Sun–Thu

    The business week

    Friday is the usual weekly rest day under Qatar's Labour Law, and the business week runs Sunday to Thursday — the days the Qatar Stock Exchange trades.

    Sources: Al Meezan (Labour Law), Qatar Stock Exchange

  • PDPPL

    Two data regimes

    Law No. 13 of 2016 on Protecting Personal Data Privacy is the national law. Firms in the Qatar Financial Centre come under a separate regime, the QFC Data Protection Regulations 2021, overseen by the QFC's own Data Protection Office.

    Source: Qatar Financial Centre

  • 36 hours

    The Ramadan week

    Article 73 of the Labour Law caps ordinary working time at 48 hours a week, and at 36 hours — six a day — during Ramadan.

    Source: Al Meezan (Labour Law)

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Offshore development questions from Qatar

What is the time difference between Doha and Kathmandu?

Kathmandu is 2 hours 45 minutes ahead of Doha in every season, since neither observes daylight saving. When it is 9:00 am in Doha, it is 11:45 am in Kathmandu.

When during the Doha day is a Nepal team online?

From 7:15 am to 3:15 pm Doha time, against a 10:00–18:00 day in Kathmandu. That is 6 hours 15 minutes of a 9:00 am to 5:00 pm day, with the Nepal side already working when your office opens.

Which data protection law applies to a company in Qatar?

Most businesses fall under Law No. 13 of 2016 on Protecting Personal Data Privacy. Firms licensed in the Qatar Financial Centre follow the QFC Data Protection Regulations 2021 instead, overseen by the QFC's Data Protection Office, so check which applies before a team gets access to personal data.

How short is the working week in Qatar during Ramadan?

36 hours instead of 48. Article 73 of the Labour Law caps ordinary working time at six hours a day during Ramadan for the workers it covers, so Doha's day and the window it shares with Kathmandu both shrink for the month.

Does a dollar-priced contract carry currency risk in Qatar?

Very little. Qatar Central Bank rules fix the Qatari riyal at 3.64 to the US dollar, so the riyal cost of a dollar-priced contract stays the same from invoice to invoice.

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