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Time in Cairo, Egypt now

01:39:09AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Cairo switches to standard time at 12:00AM on Friday, October 31. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:05AM ↓ 06:13PM (11h 8m) - More info - Make Cairo time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Cairo

UTC +3

Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 31 October 2025: UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2)
The time in Cairo 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 Cairo 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 Cairo is Africa/Cairo.

Friday April 25 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time was set forward one hour from 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Friday October 31 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time will be set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Time difference
from Cairo

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
London	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
Paris	−2 hours	−2 hours
Zurich	−2 hours	−2 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cairo

Sunrise: 07:05AM
Sunset: 06:13PM
Day length: 11h 8m
Solar noon: 12:39PM
The current local time in Cairo is 39 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Cairo on the map

Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
Latitude: 30.06. Longitude: 31.25
Population: 10,300,000

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