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🇪🇬 Egypt · Africa
Current time in Cairo
12:45:44
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Cairo time zone
- IANA time zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Current offset
- UTC+3 from UTC
- Daylight saving time
- Observed. Cairo uses UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 during daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 30.0444°, 31.2357°
- Population
- 9.5M
Time difference from Cairo
- London is 2 hours behind Cairo.
- New York is 7 hours behind Cairo.
- Tokyo is 6 hours ahead of Cairo.
About Cairo's time zone
Egypt has changed its daylight-saving policy more often than most countries: it suspended DST in 2014 after decades of on-and-off use, then reinstated it in 2023. Given that history, it's worth double-checking Cairo's offset around late April and late October rather than assuming it stayed the same as a prior year.
Frequently asked questions
- What time zone is Cairo in?
- Cairo uses the Africa/Cairo time zone, currently UTC+3 from UTC.
- Does Cairo observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Cairo uses UTC+2 in winter and switches to UTC+3 during daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Cairo and other major cities?
- London is 2 hours behind Cairo; New York is 7 hours behind Cairo; Tokyo is 6 hours ahead of Cairo.