Saudi Arabia at a glance for the Zakat payer: and is paid, in practice, in SAR, at local prices, through local channels. It brings together the Nisab in your currency — SAR 2,250 on the silver standard and SAR 25,070 on the gold standard, indicatively — the way Zakat is commonly paid in Saudi Arabia, a worked example, and the dates and timetable links you need for Ramadan 2027. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into SAR on the day you actually calculate.
The two thresholds a payer in Saudi Arabia is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are SAR 25,070 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at SAR 287 per gram — and SAR 2,250, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at SAR 4 per gram, with the conversion running at 3.75 SAR per US dollar. Both are snapshots, not fixtures — on your actual due date the live tool will quote the thresholds afresh in Saudi riyal. So the line that matters most in Saudi Arabia is the silver one, SAR 2,250: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In Saudi Arabia today, payers settle their Zakat through the same short list of routes: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. The channel matters less than the conditions: delivery must be to recipients within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). A common pattern in Saudi Arabia: settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Put the practical questions first: keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. In Saudi Arabia, community life runs in Arabic, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 in Saudi Arabia, always subject to moon sighting and your community's announcement. The final ten nights open at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, with Laylat al-Qadr sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. For Riyadh, day one runs from 05:12 (Fajr) to 17:43 (Maghrib), with the whole month tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Saudi Arabia — Riyadh. Other cities in Saudi Arabia with their own calendars: Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
Take a saver in Saudi Arabia with SAR 11,252 across cash and savings accounts — about 5.0 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. The wealth is above the Nisab and has been held for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × SAR 11,252 = SAR 281. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in SAR first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
At this page's reference prices, the gold threshold is SAR 25,070 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver threshold is SAR 2,250 (612.36 grams of silver). Those conversions rest on a gold gram at SAR 287 and silver at SAR 4 the gram in Saudi Arabia, at 3.75 SAR per US dollar. Prices move daily, so let the live calculator quote the exact threshold on your Zakat date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
Calculations for Saudi Arabia run in SAR — the Saudi riyal. Wealth held in other currencies are converted into SAR at the due-date rate and added to the total before the Nisab test . What travels is the method, not the money: the same calculation a payer runs in United Arab Emirates, settled here in Saudi riyal.
Total the zakatable side in SAR — balances, metals at today's price, stock, investments and receivables. Deduct debts that are due now, and test what remains against the Nisab in SAR — silver first (SAR 2,250). Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, pays one-fortieth of the net total — SAR 281 on the SAR 11,252 example worked through above.
There is no single ZakatSuite rate for Saudi Arabia: it is the local cash value of one sa' of staple food — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per household member. Local scholars and councils announce the SAR rate each Ramadan, with announcements commonly made in Arabic. Pay it for each person in the household, children included, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. Enter the announced SAR rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Saudi Arabia is listed in the Asia region, with community languages Arabic. Use code SA for the short page — (zakatsuite.com/sa) — and this address for the full guide. All 209 tools work for Saudi Arabia with SAR selected, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.