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Time in Cairo, Egypt now

04:54:26PM

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Sun: ↑ 05:40AM ↓ 06:16PM (12h 36m) - More info - Make Cairo time default - Add to favorite locations

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Time zone info for Cairo

UTC +2

Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2)
now 8 hours ahead of Albuquerque

From 28 April 2023: UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
The time in Cairo can be either 8 or 9 hours ahead of the time in Albuquerque, depending on the time of the year.
Latest time zone news: Egypt brings back DST
The IANA time zone identifier for Cairo is Africa/Cairo.

Friday April 28 2023

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Cairo

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
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
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	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cairo

Sunrise: 05:40AM
Sunset: 06:16PM
Day length: 12h 36m
Solar noon: 11:58AM
The current local time in Cairo is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Cairo on the map

Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
Latitude: 30.06. Longitude: 31.25
Population: 7,735,000
Elevation: 0 m

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