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Time in Cairo, Egypt now

11:13:37AM

Tuesday, 21 April, 2026, week 17

Cairo switches to daylight saving time at 12:00AM on Friday, 24 April. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:22AM ↓ 06:26PM (13h 4m) - More info - Make Cairo time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Cairo

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 Cairo 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 Cairo 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 Cairo is Africa/Cairo.

Friday October 31 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time was set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Friday April 24 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time will be set forward one hour from 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Cairo

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
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	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	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cairo

Sunrise: 05:22AM
Sunset: 06:26PM
Day length: 13h 4m
Solar noon: 11:54AM
The current local time in Cairo is 6 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Cairo on the map

Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
Latitude: 30.06. Longitude: 31.25
Population: 9,607,000

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