What time is it in Ethiopia?
20:43:53
Friday 13 November 2026
- Time zone UTC+03:00
- No daylight saving time
Daylight saving time in Ethiopia
No daylight saving time: the same time all year round.
Day and night around the world
- Ethiopia
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- twilight
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Good to know about the time in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is on East Africa Time, UTC+3 all year round. Time in Addis Ababa
In everyday life, Ethiopians count the hours from dawn: 7 in the morning is called “one o’clock in the day”. The country also has its own calendar of thirteen months, seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar; New Year falls on 11 September, or on 12 September in the year before a leap year.
Time in the cities of Ethiopia
Other places: Dessie, Jimma, Shashamané, Bishoftu, Sodo, Arba Minch, Hosa’ina, Dīla, Harar, Nek’emtē, Ārabī, Debre Berhan, Debre Mark’os, Āsela, Kombolcha, Debre Tabor, Ādīgrat, Weldiya, Sebeta, Burayu, Inda Silasē, Hāgere Hiywet, Arsi Negele, Gambēla, Aksoum, Ziway, Butajīra, Adoua, Gununo, Āreka, Yirgalem, Waliso, Welk’īt’ē, Mek’ī, Negēlē, K’olīto, Alamata, Ciro, Āsosa, Gode. Their pages are in French in the city directory.