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Time in Ashqelon, Israel now

05:29:14AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Ashqelon switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 05:54AM ↓ 04:57PM (11h 4m) - More info - Make Ashqelon time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ashqelon

UTC +2

Israel Standard Time (IST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 27 March 2026: UTC +3 / Israel Daylight Time (IDT)
The time in Ashqelon is normally 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 Ashqelon can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Ashqelon is Asia/Jerusalem.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Israel Standard Time (IST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Friday March 27 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Israel Daylight Time (IDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Ashqelon

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
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Cairo	+1 hours
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	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Ashqelon

Sunrise: 05:54AM
Sunset: 04:57PM
Day length: 11h 4m
Solar noon: 11:25AM
The current local time in Ashqelon is 35 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Ashqelon on the map

Location: Israel
Latitude: 31.67. Longitude: 34.57
Population: 166,000

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