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Time in Heraklion, Greece now

07:46:58AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Heraklion switched to standard time at 04:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:36AM ↓ 05:30PM (10h 54m) - More info - Make Heraklion time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Heraklion

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
The time in Heraklion 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 Heraklion can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Heraklion is Europe/Athens.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time was set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Heraklion

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 Heraklion

Sunrise: 06:36AM
Sunset: 05:30PM
Day length: 10h 54m
Solar noon: 12:03PM
The current local time in Heraklion is 3 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Heraklion on the map

Location: Greece
Latitude: 35.33. Longitude: 25.14
Population: 179,000

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Best restaurants in Heraklion

#1 5th CAFE \ BAR - European and greek food
#2 Sir Papafigos - Greek and mediterranean food
#3 Merastri - Greek and mediterranean food

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