Current time in Egypt
Local time in Egypt
The time in Egypt is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Chicago. The current timezone in Egypt is Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Egypt is currently observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) also known as summer time. Daylight Saving Time in Egypt ends at Oct. 31, 2024.
Details for the time in Egypt
| Current time | 12:40 a.m.
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| Time zone |
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
Standard timezone: Eastern European Time (EET) |
| IANA time zone | Africa/Cairo |
| Your time difference | 8 hours ahead of Chicago |
| UTC time difference | UTC+3 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Egypt Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Egypt uses Daylight Saving Time. In the table below you can find out when DST begins and when DST ends in Egypt.
| DST started at |
April 25, 2024 Sets the clock forward 1 hour |
| DST is ending at |
Oct. 31, 2024 Sets the clock back 1 hour |
| Next DST starts at |
April 24, 2025 Sets the clock forward 1 hour |
Egypt
Egypt uses Eastern European Time EET. EET is UTC +0200. Egypt's latitude and longitude is 30° 06' N and 31° 25' E. Therefore a two hours offset between EET and UTC is exactly as expected. There is no daylight savings time in Egypt. This might surprise you because Egypt’s latitude isn’t that low. In fact Egypt only recently stopped using daylight savings time. Before 2015 daylight savings time was used but not every year. Of course they might change their mind again, you should check this website before you go there in the future.
Important cities in Egypt
The current time in some important cities in Egypt is shown below.
Time in Egypt