Current time in Eritrea
Local time in Eritrea
The time in Eritrea is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Eritrea is Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Eritrea is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1942.
Details for the time in Eritrea
| Current time | 7:41 p.m.
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| Time zone | Eastern Africa Time (EAT) |
| IANA time zone | Africa/Asmara |
| Your time difference | 8 hours ahead of Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC+3 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Eritrea Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Eritrea is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Eritrea
Eritrea uses Eastern Africa Time EAT. EAT is UTC +0300. Eritrea's latitude and longitude is 15° 00' N and 39° 00' E. Therefore a three hours offset between WAT and UTC is not surprising, neither is the fact that the country doesn’t use daylight savings time.
Important cities in Eritrea
The current time in some important cities in Eritrea is shown below.
Time in Eritrea