Current time in Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Time zone information for Cairo
UTC +3
Eastern European Time (EEST) , currently 4 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Eastern European Standard Time (EET)
▪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.April23Thursday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 00:00 to 01:00 local time.
October29Thursday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Eastern European Standard Time (EET).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 00:00 to 23:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cairo
- ▪Sunrise: 06:43
- ▪Sunset: 18:51
- ▪Day length: 12h 8m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:47
- ▪Current time in Cairo is currently 47 minutes ahead of 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 06:43
Solar noon 12:47Sunset 18:51
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Cairo- Abbreviation
- EEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 29 Oct 2026in 37 days, 10 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1790072306
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:43
- Sunset
- 18:51
- Solar noon
- 12:47
- Day length
- 12h 08m
- Night length
- 11h 51m
- Civil twilight
- 06:19 – 19:15
Geography & country
- Country
- Egypt
- Region / State
- Cairo Governorate
- Coordinates
- 30.063°, 31.250°
- Elevation
- 23 m
- Population
- 9,606,916
- Classification
- Capital city
Nearby places
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