Time in Cairo, Egypt | Cairo Now
Saturday, 7 November 2026
EET (UTC+02:00)
Time zone information for Cairo
UTC +2
Eastern European Time (EET) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
▪Time in Cairo is 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 4 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Cairo is
Africa/Cairo.October29Thursday2026
Latest change: Standard time began
- ▪Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Standard Time (EET).
- ▪The time was set backward one hour from 00:00 to 23:00 local time.
April29Thursday2027
Next change: Daylight saving time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
- ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 00:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cairo
- ▪Sunrise: 06:13
- ▪Sunset: 17:03
- ▪Day length: 10h 50m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:38
- ▪Current time in Cairo is currently 22 minutes behind solar time.
Cairo on map
- ▪Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- ▪Latitude: 30,06. Longitude: 31,25
- ▪Population: 9,606,916
- ▪Elevation: 23 m
Time difference
from Cairo
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:13
Solar noon 11:38Sunset 17:03
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Cairo- Abbreviation
- EET
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 30 Apr 2027in 173 days, 19 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794016930
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:13
- Sunset
- 17:03
- Solar noon
- 11:38
- Day length
- 10h 50m
- Night length
- 13h 09m
- Civil twilight
- 05:48 – 17:28
Geography & country
- Country
- Egypt
- Region / State
- Cairo Governorate
- Coordinates
- 30.063°, 31.250°
- Elevation
- 23 m
- Population
- 9,606,916
- Classification
- Capital city
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