Current time in Nicosia, Cyprus
Eastern European Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Eastern European Time · Asia/Nicosia
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 EEST
- Abbreviation
- EET / EEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 03:00, back the last Sunday in October at 04:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 04:00 (EEST → EET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Cyprus (capital) · 35.17° N, 33.35° E
- Population
- 200,452
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Nicosia at about 11:47 standard time: the clock runs about 13 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:30 and 12:53 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:50 | 17:58 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:32 | 20:04 | 14h 32m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:35 | 18:42 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:51 | 16:38 | 9h 47m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:39–18:33 (11 h 54 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.