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Al Qanţarah, Ägypten
04:48:09 PMTuesday, April 28, 2026 · Africa/Cairo
El Qantara, Egypt
Town in Ismailia, Egypt
Aktuelle Ortszeit
04:48:09 PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Zeitzone
EEST
Africa/Cairo · UTC+03:00
Nächster Feiertag
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Al Qanţarah right now
Nächster Flughafen
CAI
Cairo International Airport · 121 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Curated airport references available for Ägypten
Snapshot at render time: 04:48:09 PM on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 in Al Qanţarah (UTC+03:00, EEST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 118
Days Remaining
247
Current weather
28°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 28°C · Humidity 34% · Wind 10 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:09 AM to 07:27 PM
Day length 13h 18m · Solar noon 12:48 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Al Qanţarah local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
17 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicalMontag, 18. Mai 2026
20 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gameDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
21 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
21 days to go
Code with Claude London 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
21 days to go
Manipur Violence Commission of Inquiry Report
inquiryMittwoch, 20. Mai 2026
22 days to go
Population
31.8K
Coordinates
30.86, 32.31
Timezone
Africa/Cairo
Indexierte Flughäfen
3
Capital
Cairo
Languages
Arabic
Currency
EGP (£)
Country area
1,002,450 km²
Read time for Al Qanţarah from the Africa/Cairo zone (EEST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 31.8K residents and ranks #192 among curated Ägypten entries.
Al Qanţarah sits at 30.86°N, 32.31°E; that's the subtropics (Northern Hemisphere, ~3425 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:09 AM and sets around 07:27 PM in Al Qanţarah — about 13h 18m of daylight. Ägypten observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar (28 km from Al Qanţarah) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Ägypten.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Al Qanţarah.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Timezone
EEST
IANA Zone
Africa/Cairo
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 118
Days Remaining
247
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+03:00
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria
Other cities in this timezone
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Al Qanţarah.
El Qantara is a northeastern Egyptian city on both sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia, 160 kilometres (99 mi) northeast of Cairo and 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Port Said. The two parts of the city are connected by a high-level fixed road bridge, the Mubarak Peace Bridge. The bridge makes a connection between the division of Africa, and Asia, making El Qantara a border town.
Reading Al Qanţarah against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,335 km), London (~3,506 km), Singapore (~8,171 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~14,352 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Al Qanţarah sits inside Ägypten — the Northern Africa subregion, capital Cairo, languages Arabic, currency EGP (£).
The closest mapped neighbors of Al Qanţarah are Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar (28 km), Ismailia (28 km), Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta (37 km), Al Ḩusaynīyah (38 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Al Qanţarah: Labour Day, June 30 Revolution, Revolution Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Ägypten.
Closest curated airport references from Al Qanţarah: CAI Cairo (121 km), SPX Al Jiza (159 km), HBE Alexandria (250 km).
In 2004, CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
Egypt’s recent DST re-introduction is exactly the kind of policy change that makes a local time page more valuable when it explains the story.
Cairo International AirportCAI
Cairo · 121 km from Al Qanţarah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 54m
Sphinx International AirportSPX
Al Jiza · 159 km from Al Qanţarah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Alexandria International AirportHBE
Alexandria · 250 km from Al Qanţarah
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2004: CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
1996: Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996: Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:48 PM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 09:48 AM | -7h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 06:48 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:48 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:48 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:48 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:48 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:48 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar
Ägypten
Approx. 28 km away
Ismailia
Ägypten
Approx. 28 km away
Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
Ägypten
Approx. 37 km away
Al Ḩusaynīyah
Ägypten
Approx. 38 km away
Aş Şāliḩīyah al Jadīdah
Ägypten
Approx. 44 km away
Şān al Ḩajar al Qiblīyah
Ägypten
Approx. 44 km away
Al Maţarīyah
Ägypten
Approx. 45 km away
Port Said
Ägypten
Approx. 45 km away
Al Qanţarah liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Cairo (EEST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +03:00.
Ja, Al Qanţarah beachtet derzeit die Sommerzeit (DST).
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Al Qanţarah ist UTC+03:00.
Al Qanţarah sits at 30.86°N, 32.31°E in Ägypten, with about 31.8K residents (rank #192 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Al Qanţarah is Dubai, about 2,335 km away as the crow flies.
Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar is the closest indexed city, roughly 28 km from Al Qanţarah.
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 121 km from Al Qanţarah.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Ägypten, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
