Current time in Cairo

Eastern European Time on the Nile

Cairo uses Eastern European Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) in summer. For most of the year it is one hour ahead of Berlin and Paris and two hours ahead of London. Johannesburg, on the same longitude far to the south, matches Cairo in winter and is an hour behind in summer. Riyadh and Istanbul are an hour ahead in winter and level in summer.

Summer time returned in 2023, on its own dates

Egypt abolished daylight saving time in 2011, revived it briefly in 2014 and then went without it until a law brought it back in 2023 to save energy. Clocks go forward at midnight on the last Friday of April and back at midnight at the end of the last Thursday of October. Europe changes about a month earlier in spring, so for roughly four weeks each year Cairo and Berlin show the same time.

A week that runs from Sunday to Thursday

The working week in Egypt runs from Sunday to Thursday, with Friday and Saturday as the weekend, so only four working days overlap with Europe and the Americas. During Ramadan, official working hours are shortened and much of the city’s activity moves to the hours after sunset. The clock has been adjusted for it in the past: in 2010 and 2014 summer time was suspended for the month so that the daily fast would end an hour earlier.

Cairo: time zone at a glance

Time zone

Africa/Cairo

Standard time

UTC+2

Daylight saving time

UTC+3

Clock changes in 2026

Friday, April 24, 2026: forward 1 hour

Thursday, October 29, 2026: back 1 hour

Clock changes in 2027

Friday, April 30, 2027: forward 1 hour

Thursday, October 28, 2027: back 1 hour

Dates reflect the rules in force when this page was last updated. Governments can change them at short notice.

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