Cairo, Egypt
Current time in Egypt
Time zone: EEST (UTC/GMT +03:00) — Africa/Cairo
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 3 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +03:00) Africa/Cairo |
Current Time in other Cities of Egypt
| Shubrā al Khaymah |
| Madīnat an Naşr |
| Al Mansurah |
| Al Maḩallah al Kubrá |
| Tanta |
| Assiut |
| Al Fayyum |
| Al Khuşūş |
| Zagazig |
| Ismailia |
| 6th of October City |
| Damanhur |
| Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah |
| New Cairo |
| Damietta |
| Minya |
| Banī Suwayf |
| Shibīn al Kawm |
| Sohag |
| Qina |
| Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān |
| Ḩalwān |
| Mallawī |
| Hurghada |
| Arīsh |
| Kafr ash Shaykh |
| Bilbeis |
| Banhā |
| Idkū |
| Marsá Maţrūḩ |
Cairo time zone and UTC offset
Clocks in Cairo are set to EEST, 3 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00). Software that asks for a region wants Africa/Cairo — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Cairo observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Friday, 30 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes EET.
Cairo compared with major world cities
How Cairo lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Cairo is 7 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Cairo is 10 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Cairo is 2 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Cairo is 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Cairo is 1 hour behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Cairo is 2 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Cairo is 5 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Cairo is 6 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Cairo is 7 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Cairo is 6 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Cairo
Usable call slots from Cairo, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Paris | 10:00–17:00 in Cairo | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–16:00 in Cairo | 7 hours overlap |
| London | 11:00–17:00 in Cairo | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–14:30 in Cairo | 5.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Cairo's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Africa/Cairo alongside Cairo, including through any clock change.
Shubrā al Khaymah Madīnat an Naşr Al Mansurah Al Maḩallah al Kubrá Tanta Assiut Al Fayyum Al Khuşūş
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