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+11:00 | Nicosia is 8 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 or Sydney, 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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