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Time in Gaza Strip, Palestine now

01:12:17

Wednesday, 25. March 2026, week 13

Celebration of the Greek Revolution / Waffle Day

Gaza Strip switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Saturday, 28. March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:40 ↓ 17:57 (12h 17m) - More info - Make Gaza Strip time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Gaza Strip

UTC +2

Palestine Standard Time (PSST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 28 March 2026: UTC +3 / Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT)
The time in Gaza Strip 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 Gaza Strip can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Palestine stays on standard time one week longer
The IANA time zone identifier for Gaza Strip is Asia/Gaza.

Saturday October 25 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Palestine Standard Time (PSST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Saturday March 28 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Gaza Strip

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 Gaza Strip

Sunrise: 05:40
Sunset: 17:57
Day length: 12h 17m
Solar noon: 11:49
The current local time in Gaza Strip is 11 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Gaza Strip on the map

Location: Palestine
Latitude: 31.42. Longitude: 34.33
Population: 2,048,000

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