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Time in Athens, Greece now

06:57:32

Wednesday, March 25, 2026, week 13

Celebration of the Greek Revolution / Waffle Day

Athens switches to daylight saving time at 03:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:21 ↓ 18:41 (12h 21m) - More info - Make Athens time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Athens

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
The time in Athens is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Athens can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Athens is Europe/Athens.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time was set back one hour from 04:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 03:00 to 04:00 local time.

Time difference
from Athens

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Athens

Sunrise: 06:21
Sunset: 18:41
Day length: 12h 21m
Solar noon: 12:31
The current local time in Athens is 31 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Athens on the map

Athens is the capital of Greece.
Latitude: 37.98. Longitude: 23.73
Population: 664,000
Elevation: 70 m

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