Current time in Cairo, 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 (capital) · 30.06° N, 31.25° E
- Population
- 9,606,916
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Cairo at about 11:55 standard time: the clock runs about 5 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:39 and 13:02 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:59 | 18:06 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:54 | 19:59 | 14h 05m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:43 | 18:50 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:46 | 16:59 | 10h 13m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:47–18:43 (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.