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Time.is

Time in Lebanon now

12:42:00AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Lebanon switched to standard time at 12:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
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Time zone info for Lebanon

UTC +2

Lebanon Standard Time (GMT +2)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Lebanon Daylight Time (GMT +3)
The time in Lebanon 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 Lebanon can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Lebanon reverses DST postponement
The IANA time zone identifier for Lebanon is Asia/Beirut.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Lebanon Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time was set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Lebanon Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time will be set forward one hour from 12:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Lebanon

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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Lebanon on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 10,400 km²
Capital: Beirut
Currency: Pound (LBP)
Calling code: +961
Internet top level domain: .lb
Latitude: 33.83. Longitude: 35.83
Population: 6,849,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Lebanon 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.