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Time in Israel now

01:17:18am

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Israel switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Friday, March 28. The time was set one hour forward.
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Time zone info for Israel

UTC +3

Israel Time
now 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time/British Summer Time

From 26 October 2025: UTC +2 / Israel Standard Time (IST)
The time in Israel is normally two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time/British Summer Time, 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 1 or 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time/British Summer Time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Israel is Asia/Jerusalem.

Friday March 28 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Israel

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
London	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
Paris	−2 hours	−2 hours
Zurich	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 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