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Egypt keeps one time zone, EET, UTC+2, and changes its clocks twice a year. From the last Friday of April to the last Thursday of October it keeps EEST, UTC+3. The clock above shows Egypt's time live, with seconds.

Updated 2 October 2026 · Time zone data 2026e · Sources

Time zone in Egypt

Cairo, Giza, Alexandria and all twenty-seven governorates keep the same time and change their clocks together.

Time zone: Eastern European Time
Standard time: EET, UTC+2
Daylight saving time: EEST, UTC+3
Main cities: Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Shubrā al Khaymah

When the clocks change in Egypt

Clocks in Egypt change twice a year.

Clocks go back

Friday 30 October 2026

12:00 AMto11:00 PM

Then EET, UTC+2

Clocks go forward

Friday 30 April 2027

12:00 AMto1:00 AM

Then EEST, UTC+3

Last change: On Friday 24 April 2026 at 12:00 AM, clocks went forward one hour, to EEST.

Daylight saving dates around the world

How many hours ahead or behind Cairo

On 7 October 2026, Riyadh is on the same time as Cairo.

City	Difference from Cairo
Riyadh	Same time
Dubai	1 hour ahead
London	2 hours behind
New York	7 hours behind
Rome	1 hour behind
Athens	Same time
Istanbul	Same time
Amman	Same time
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Egypt's time, and how it changes

Summer time, back by law: +1 hadded to Egypt's clocks each summer; Egypt brought summer time back after years without it. The cabinet approved a draft law to restore it, and the dates were announced officially. Clocks go forward one hour at midnight as the last Friday of April begins. They go back one hour at the end of the last Thursday of October. The government tied the change to saving energy.; Sources Egypt Independent, Egypt to reinstate daylight saving time, IANA time zone database, Africa zones file, IANA time zone database, release notes
When Ramadan stopped the clocks: 2past summers when the clocks went back for Ramadan; In two past summers Egypt set its clocks back to standard time, EET, UTC+2, for Ramadan. After the month ended, they went forward again. In another year, summer time ended early because Ramadan fell in a hot September. The current rule runs from April to October without a break.; Source IANA time zone database, Africa zones file
Who keeps Egypt's time: NISkeeps Egypt's time scale, compared with world time by the BIPM; The National Institute of Standards, NIS, is Egypt's national metrology institute, in Giza. It keeps the country's own time scale. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures, the BIPM, compares that scale with Coordinated Universal Time. The results appear in its Circular T, in a row marked NIS. One early account says Egypt's official time was mean noon at the Great Pyramid. That apparently did not apply in Cairo or Alexandria.; Sources BIPM, Egypt and its national metrology institute, BIPM, UTC minus UTC(NIS) series, BIPM, Circular T 447, IANA time zone database, Africa zones file
The same letters as Athens: EETthe code Egypt shares with Athens, Helsinki and Kyiv; Egypt's time carries the code EET, the same letters as Athens, Helsinki and Kyiv. Those cities change their clocks on the last Sundays of March and October. Egypt changes on a Friday in April and a Thursday in October. So for about a month each spring, Athens runs one hour ahead of Cairo. Around the autumn change the two differ by an hour for a few days.; Source IANA time zone database, Africa zones file

Questions about time in Egypt

What time zone is Egypt in?

Egypt keeps one time zone, EET, UTC+2. From the last Friday of April to the last Thursday of October its clocks show EEST, UTC+3. Cairo, Alexandria and Giza all share this time. Libya, across the western border, and Sudan keep Egypt's winter time all year, with no clock changes.

Does Egypt have daylight saving time?

Yes. Egypt's clocks go forward one hour at midnight as the last Friday of April begins. They go back at the end of the last Thursday of October. Summer time had been dropped for years before the cabinet backed its return. The current rule has no Ramadan break.

What is the time difference between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh is 1 hour ahead of Cairo in the Egyptian winter. In Egypt's summer the two cities show the same time, because Saudi clocks do not change. Kuwait keeps Riyadh's time. Istanbul follows the same pattern.

What is the time difference between Egypt and the UK?

Cairo is 2 hours ahead of London in winter and for most of the summer. Both change their clocks, but on different dates. Britain moves first, on the last Sunday in March. Until Egypt's change in late April the gap is one hour smaller. For a few days in late October it shifts by an hour again.

What is the time difference between Egypt and New York?

Cairo is 7 hours ahead of New York in winter and for most of the summer. Both change their clocks, so winter and high summer match. It narrows by an hour from the second Sunday in March to the last Friday of April. It narrows again for several days after Egypt's clocks go back in late October.

Time zone names for developers

IANA zone	Standard time	Daylight saving time
Africa/Cairo	EET, UTC+2	Yes

Sources

We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 2 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.