What time is it in Cairo?
19:41:46
Friday 13 November 2026
- Cairo, Egypt
- Time zone UTC+02:00
- Next clock change: 30 April 2027
- Sunrise 06:18 · sunset 17:00
Time difference with Cairo
Cairo is on UTC+02:00 right now: 2 hours ahead of UTC in winter and 3 hours ahead in summer.
| City | Time | Compared with Cairo |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:41 | 2 hours behind |
| New York United States | 12:41 | 7 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:41 | 10 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:41 | 1 hour behind |
| Berlin Germany | 18:41 | 1 hour behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:41 | 2 hours ahead |
| New Delhi India | 23:11 | 3 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:41 | 6 hours ahead |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:41 | 6 hours ahead |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:41 | 7 hours ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:41 | 9 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:41 | 5 hours behind |
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France – Egypt time difference · Paris – Cairo time difference
Daylight saving time in Cairo
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Friday 30 April 2027 | at 00:00 it becomes 01:00: clocks go forward by one hour (UTC+02:00 → UTC+03:00, summer time) |
| Thursday 28 October 2027 | at 00:00 it becomes 23:00: clocks go back by one hour (UTC+03:00 → UTC+02:00) |
Last change: Thursday 29 October 2026 (clocks went back by one hour).
History of local time in Cairo
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 2023 | UTC+2, summer time UTC+3 |
| 2015 – 2022 | UTC+2 all year round |
| 2014 | UTC+2, summer time UTC+3 |
| 2011 – 2013 | UTC+2 all year round |
| 1957 – 2010 | UTC+2, summer time UTC+3 |
Official time zone (IANA database): Africa/Cairo. Daylight saving time in Egypt: all dates · Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Cairo
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 318 km away, Rafah (Palestine) is on the same time as Cairo most of the year.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Shubrā al Khaymah | 7 km |
| Giza | 7 km |
| Al Khuşūş | 12 km |
| Awsīm | 13 km |
| Abū an Numrus | 13 km |
| Qalyub | 14 km |
| Kirdāsah | 14 km |
| Al Ḩawāmidīyah | 18 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Cairo
- Sunrise
- 06:18
- Sunset
- 17:00
- Day length
- 10 h 41 min
- Tomorrow
- −1 min
Dawn 05:53, dusk 17:25, solar noon 11:39. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (10 h 12 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 5 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:13 (29 April 2027), latest at 07:05 (28 October 2027); earliest sunset at 16:54 (28 November 2026), latest at 20:00 (25 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:00 · moonset 20:03 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 13:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in Egypt
Good to know about the time in Cairo
Cairo is on UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer: Egypt brought back daylight saving time in 2023, after abolishing it in 2011 and briefly reintroducing it in 2014. Daylight saving time runs from the last Friday in April to the last Thursday in October.
It is 1 hour ahead of Paris most of the year, but the clock-change dates do not match Europe’s: the difference changes for a few weeks in spring and a few days in autumn. Paris – Cairo time difference