Time in Heraklion, Greece | Heraklion Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Heraklion
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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion is
Europe/Athens.March29Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 03:00 to 04:00 local time.
October25Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Eastern European Standard Time (EET).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 04:00 to 03:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Heraklion
- ▪Sunrise: 07:31
- ▪Sunset: 18:35
- ▪Day length: 11h 4m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:03
- ▪Current time in Heraklion is currently 63 minutes ahead of solar time.
Heraklion on map
- ▪Location: Crete, Greece
- ▪Latitude: 35,33. Longitude: 25,14
- ▪Population: 137,154
- ▪Elevation: 60 m
Time difference
from Heraklion
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:31
Solar noon 13:03Sunset 18:35
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Athens- Abbreviation
- EEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+03:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 10 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792681059
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:31
- Sunset
- 18:35
- Solar noon
- 13:03
- Day length
- 11h 04m
- Night length
- 12h 55m
- Civil twilight
- 07:05 – 19:01
Geography & country
- Country
- Greece
- Region / State
- Crete
- Coordinates
- 35.328°, 25.143°
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Population
- 137,154
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