Weekly digest
Pick the categories you care about — movies, AI launches, sports, eclipses, you name it. One email per week, and we never email you about anything you didn't ask for.
Want full preferences? Customize your digest →
Live local time
Gjirokastër, Albanie
11:47:52 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/Tirane

Gjirokastër
City in Albania
Heure locale actuelle
11:47:52 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
CEST
Europe/Tirane · UTC+02:00
Prochain jour férié
May Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Gjirokastër right now
Aéroport le plus proche
TIA
Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · 153 km
Aéroports indexés
1
Curated airport references available for Albanie
Snapshot at render time: 11:47:52 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Gjirokastër (UTC+02:00, CEST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
13°C, Clear sky
Feels like 11°C · Humidity 47% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:41 AM to 07:31 PM
Day length 13h 50m · Solar noon 12:36 PM
Next country holiday
May Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Gjirokastër local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmardi 12 mai 2026
13 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevendredi 15 mai 2026
16 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallundi 18 mai 2026
19 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemardi 19 mai 2026
20 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynotemardi 19 mai 2026
20 days to go
Population
23.4K
Coordinates
40.08, 20.14
Timezone
Europe/Tirane
Aéroports indexés
1
Capital
Tirana
Languages
Albanian
Currency
ALL (L)
Country area
28,748 km²
For Albanie, Gjirokastër (rank #17 by population in this dataset) reads CEST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Europe/Tirane, and the city's roughly 23.4K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 40.08°N, 20.14°E put Gjirokastër roughly 4448 km from the equator in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:41 AM and sets around 07:31 PM in Gjirokastër — about 13h 50m of daylight. Albanie observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Sarandë (25 km from Gjirokastër) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Albanie.
Gjirokastër planners should mark 2026-05-01 (May Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
CEST
IANA Zone
Europe/Tirane
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
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 Gjirokastër.
Gjirokastër is a city in southern Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above sea level. Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is overlooked by Gjirokastër Fortress, where the Gjirokastër National Folk Festival is held every five years. It is the birthplace of former Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, and author Ismail Kadare.
Distance-wise, Gjirokastër is closest to London (~2,009 km), Dubai (~3,649 km), New York (~7,538 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 15,669 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Gjirokastër sits inside Albanie — the Southeast Europe subregion, capital Tirana, languages Albanian, currency ALL (L).
Around Gjirokastër, the nearest mapped reference cities are Sarandë (25 km), Corfu (54 km), Vlorë (71 km), Berat (72 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for CEST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Gjirokastër: May Day, Mother Teresa Day, Independence Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Albanie.
Closest curated airport references from Gjirokastër: TIA Rinas (153 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Tirana International Airport Mother TeresaTIA
Rinas · 153 km from Gjirokastër
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 10:47 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 05:47 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 02:47 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 01:47 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 05:47 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 06:47 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 07:47 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 06:47 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Gjirokastër est dans le fuseau horaire Europe/Tirane (CEST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Oui, Gjirokastër observe actuellement l'heure d'été (DST).
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Gjirokastër est UTC+02:00.
Gjirokastër sits at 40.08°N, 20.14°E in Albanie, with about 23.4K residents (rank #17 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Gjirokastër is London, about 2,009 km away as the crow flies.
Sarandë is the closest indexed city, roughly 25 km from Gjirokastër.
Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 153 km from Gjirokastër.
May Day is the next upcoming holiday in Albanie, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.