Current time · Egypt

Current time in Cairo

7:26:54 PM

Monday, November 2, 2026

Time zone: Africa/Cairo
UTC offset: UTC+2
Name: Eastern European Standard Time (EET)
Daylight saving 2026: yes

Clock changes in 2026

April 24, 12:00 AM → 1:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC+2 → UTC+3)
October 29, 12:00 AM → 11:00 PM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC+3 → UTC+2)

Next change: April 30, 2027 – clocks go forward 1 h (UTC+3).

Sun today

Sunrise: 6:09 AM
Sunset: 5:07 PM
Day length: 10 h 57 min
Solar noon: 11:38 AM

Civil dawn and dusk: 5:45 AM and 5:32 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (30.06, 31.25).

Time difference: Cairo and other cities

City	Now	Difference
London	Mon 5:26 PM	−2 2 h behind
New York	Mon 12:26 PM	−7 7 h behind
Los Angeles	Mon 9:26 AM	−10 10 h behind
Chicago	Mon 11:26 AM	−8 8 h behind
San Francisco	Mon 9:26 AM	−10 10 h behind
Toronto	Mon 12:26 PM	−7 7 h behind
Mexico City	Mon 11:26 AM	−8 8 h behind
São Paulo	Mon 2:26 PM	−5 5 h behind
Buenos Aires	Mon 2:26 PM	−5 5 h behind
Paris	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Berlin	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Amsterdam	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Madrid	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Rome	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Warsaw	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Kyiv	Mon 7:26 PM	±0 same time
Moscow	Mon 8:26 PM	+1 1 h ahead
Istanbul	Mon 8:26 PM	+1 1 h ahead
Lagos	Mon 6:26 PM	−1 1 h behind
Johannesburg	Mon 7:26 PM	±0 same time
Nairobi	Mon 8:26 PM	+1 1 h ahead
Dubai	Mon 9:26 PM	+2 2 h ahead
Mumbai	Mon 10:56 PM	+3:30 3 h 30 min ahead
New Delhi	Mon 10:56 PM	+3:30 3 h 30 min ahead
Bangkok	Tue 12:26 AM	+5 5 h ahead
Jakarta	Tue 12:26 AM	+5 5 h ahead
Singapore	Tue 1:26 AM	+6 6 h ahead
Hong Kong	Tue 1:26 AM	+6 6 h ahead
Beijing	Tue 1:26 AM	+6 6 h ahead
Shanghai	Tue 1:26 AM	+6 6 h ahead
Seoul	Tue 2:26 AM	+7 7 h ahead
Tokyo	Tue 2:26 AM	+7 7 h ahead
Sydney	Tue 4:26 AM	+9 9 h ahead
Auckland	Tue 6:26 AM	+11 11 h ahead
Honolulu	Mon 7:26 AM	−12 12 h behind

Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city

Nearby cities

Al Khuşūş 7:26 PM
Banhā 7:26 PM
Shibīn al Kawm 7:26 PM
Zagazig 7:26 PM
Tanta 7:26 PM
Al Fayyum 7:26 PM
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 7:26 PM
Al Mansurah 7:26 PM
Banī Suwayf 7:26 PM
Ismailia 7:26 PM

Same time zone: Africa/Cairo

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Ismailia Egypt

In short

Cairo is in the Africa/Cairo time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC+2. Clocks here are 2 h ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In 2026 the clocks change: standard time is UTC+2 and daylight saving time is UTC+3. Population: about 9,606,916 (GeoNames).