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Time in Beirut, Lebanon now

04:47:29

Friday 27. March 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Beirut switches to daylight saving time at 00:00 on Sunday 29. March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:32 ↓ 17:55 (12h 23m) - More info - Make Beirut time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Beirut

UTC +2

Lebanon Standard Time (GMT +2)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Lebanon Daylight Time (GMT +3)
The time in Beirut 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 Beirut can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Lebanon reverses DST postponement
The IANA time zone identifier for Beirut is Asia/Beirut.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Lebanon Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time was set back one hour from 00:00 to 23:00 local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Lebanon Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time will be set forward one hour from 00:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Beirut

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 Beirut

Sunrise: 05:32
Sunset: 17:55
Day length: 12h 23m
Solar noon: 11:43
The current local time in Beirut is 17 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Beirut on the map

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon.
Latitude: 33.89. Longitude: 35.50
Population: 1,916,000

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