Time in Cairo
The current offset in Cairo is UTC+3 (EEST), on the Africa/Cairo zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Cairo, Egypt
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Abbreviation
- EEST
- Standard offset
- UTC+2
- Daylight offset
- UTC+3
- Country
- Egypt (EG)
- Coordinates
- 30.04, 31.24
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Cairo change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-29 at 23:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC+3 → UTC+2)
- 2027-04-30 at 23:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC+2 → UTC+3)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:26
- Sunset
- 19:31
- Daylight
- 13 hours 5 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Cairo in?
- Cairo uses the Africa/Cairo time zone, currently UTC+3 (EEST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Cairo observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Cairo moves between UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Cairo and UTC?
- UTC+3 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+2 and UTC+3 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Cairo?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:26 and sunset 19:31 local time, giving 13 hours 5 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.