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Time in Hurghada, Egypt now

18:56:34

Thursday, 23 April, 2026, week 17

World Book and Copyright Day

Hurghada switches to daylight saving time at 00:00 on Friday, 24 April. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:13 ↓ 18:13 (13h 1m) - More info - Make Hurghada time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Hurghada

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 Hurghada 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 Hurghada 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 Hurghada 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 00:00 to 23:00 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 00:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Hurghada

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
Cairo	0
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 Hurghada

Sunrise: 05:13
Sunset: 18:13
Day length: 13h 1m
Solar noon: 11:43
The current local time in Hurghada is 17 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Hurghada on the map

Location: Egypt
Latitude: 27.26. Longitude: 33.81
Population: 207,000

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