Current time in Alexandria, Egypt
Eastern European Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- Eastern European Time · Africa/Cairo
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 EEST
- Abbreviation
- EET / EEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Friday in April at 00:00, back the last Thursday in October at 24:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 00:00 (EEST → EET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Egypt · 31.20° N, 29.92° E
- Population
- 5,263,542
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Alexandria at about 12:00 standard time: the clock and the sun agree. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:44 and 13:07 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:04 | 18:11 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:56 | 20:07 | 14h 11m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:49 | 18:55 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:54 | 17:01 | 10h 07m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:52–18:48 (11 h 56 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.