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Live local time
Rafaḩ, Égypte
07:39:40 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Cairo
Heure locale actuelle
07:39:40 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
EEST
Africa/Cairo · UTC+03:00
Prochain jour férié
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Rafaḩ right now
Aéroport le plus proche
CAI
Cairo International Airport · 301 km
Aéroports indexés
3
Curated airport references available for Égypte
Snapshot at render time: 07:39:40 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Rafaḩ (UTC+03:00, EEST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
17°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 18°C · Humidity 84% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:00 AM to 07:20 PM
Day length 13h 20m · Solar noon 12:40 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Rafaḩ local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlundi 25 mai 2026
26 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemardi 26 mai 2026
27 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamemercredi 27 mai 2026
28 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicmercredi 27 mai 2026
28 days to go
Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
spacedimanche 31 mai 2026
32 days to go
Colombia 2026 Presidential Election
electiondimanche 31 mai 2026
32 days to go
Population
44.2K
Coordinates
31.28, 34.24
Timezone
Africa/Cairo
Aéroports indexés
3
Capital
Cairo
Languages
Arabic
Currency
EGP (£)
Country area
1,002,450 km²
Read time for Rafaḩ from the Africa/Cairo zone (EEST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 44.2K residents and ranks #167 among curated Égypte entries.
Rafaḩ sits at 31.28°N, 34.24°E; that's the subtropics (Northern Hemisphere, ~3472 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:00 AM and sets around 07:20 PM in Rafaḩ — about 13h 20m of daylight. Égypte observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Rafaḩ (2 km from Rafaḩ) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Égypte.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Rafaḩ.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
EEST
IANA Zone
Africa/Cairo
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
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 Rafaḩ.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:39 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:39 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:39 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:39 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:39 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:39 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:39 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:39 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Rafaḩ
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 2 km away
Khān Yūnis
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 9 km away
‘Abasān al Kabīrah
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 10 km away
Banī Suhaylā
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 11 km away
Al Qarārah
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 14 km away
Ash Shaykh Zuwayd
Égypte
Approx. 14 km away
Dayr al Balaḩ
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 18 km away
Az Zuwāydah
Territoires palestiniens
Approx. 22 km away
Rafaḩ est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Cairo (EEST), avec un décalage UTC de +03:00.
Oui, Rafaḩ observe actuellement l'heure d'été (DST).
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Rafaḩ est UTC+03:00.
Rafaḩ sits at 31.28°N, 34.24°E in Égypte, with about 44.2K residents (rank #167 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Rafaḩ is Dubai, about 2,164 km away as the crow flies.
Rafaḩ is the closest indexed city, roughly 2 km from Rafaḩ.
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the closest curated airport reference, about 301 km from Rafaḩ.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Égypte, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
Reading Rafaḩ against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,164 km), London (~3,589 km), Singapore (~7,997 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~14,197 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Rafaḩ sits inside Égypte — the Northern Africa subregion, capital Cairo, languages Arabic, currency EGP (£).
The closest mapped neighbors of Rafaḩ are Rafaḩ (2 km), Khān Yūnis (9 km), ‘Abasān al Kabīrah (10 km), Banī Suhaylā (11 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Rafaḩ: Labour Day, June 30 Revolution, Revolution Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Égypte.
Closest curated airport references from Rafaḩ: CAI Cairo (301 km), SPX Al Jiza (345 km), HBE Alexandria (434 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.
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 · 301 km from Rafaḩ
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 8m
Sphinx International AirportSPX
Al Jiza · 345 km from Rafaḩ
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
Alexandria International AirportHBE
Alexandria · 434 km from Rafaḩ
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 18m
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.
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