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Time in Israel now

01:34:31AM

Saturday, March 21, 2026

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Time zone info for Israel

UTC +2

Israel Standard Time (IST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 27 March 2026: UTC +3 / Israel Daylight Time (IDT)
The time in Israel 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 Israel can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Israel is Asia/Jerusalem.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Friday March 27 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Israel

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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Israel on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 20,770 km²
Currency: Shekel (ILS)
Calling code: +972
Internet top level domain: .il
Latitude: 31.50. Longitude: 34.75
Population: 8,884,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Israel 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 24 largest cities in
Israel