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Time in Egypt now

06:21:46

Tuesday, 21. April 2026, week 17

Egypt switches to daylight saving time at 00:00 on Friday, 24. April. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:30 ↓ 18:27 (12h 57m) - More info - Make Egypt time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC +2

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

From 24 April 2026: UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
The time in Egypt is normally 6 or 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 Egypt can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Egypt brings back DST
The IANA time zone identifier for Egypt is Africa/Cairo.

Friday October 31 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Friday April 24 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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