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Time in Cairo Governorate, Egypt now

11:25:52PM

Tuesday, 21 April, 2026, week 17

Cairo Governorate switches to daylight saving time at 12:00AM on Friday, 24 April. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:20AM ↓ 06:24PM (13h 4m) - More info - Make Cairo Governorate time default - Add to favourite 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 Cairo Governorate 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 Governorate 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 Governorate is Africa/Cairo.

Friday October 31 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Friday April 24 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 05:20AM
Sunset: 06:24PM
Day length: 13h 4m
Solar noon: 11:52AM
The current local time in Cairo Governorate is 8 minutes behind apparent solar time.