Nicosia, Cyprus
Current time in Cyprus
Time zone: EEST (UTC/GMT +03:00) — Asia/Nicosia
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -5 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +3 ) Nicosia, Cyprus |
Current Time in other Cities of Cyprus
What time zone is Nicosia in?
Nicosia runs on EEST. That places it 3 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Asia/Nicosia.
Nicosia observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes EET.
With a population near 200,452, Nicosia comes in 1st of the 2 Cyprus cities we list.
How far ahead or behind is Nicosia?
How Nicosia lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Nicosia is 7 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Nicosia is 10 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Nicosia is 2 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Nicosia is 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Nicosia is 1 hour behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Nicosia is 2 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Nicosia is 5 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Nicosia is 6 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Nicosia is 7 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Nicosia is 6 hours ahead |
Best time to call Nicosia
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Nicosia local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Paris | 10:00–17:00 in Nicosia | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–16:00 in Nicosia | 7 hours overlap |
| London | 11:00–17:00 in Nicosia | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–14:30 in Nicosia | 5.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Nicosia
These Cyprus cities also use Asia/Nicosia, so their clocks read identically to Nicosia at every moment of the year.
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