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Abū Qurqāş, Egitto
04:01:30 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Cairo

High-speed rail in Egypt
Ora locale attuale
04:01:30 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
EEST
Africa/Cairo · UTC+03:00
Prossima festività
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Abū Qurqāş right now
Aeroporto più vicino
SPX
Sphinx International Airport · 242 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Curated airport references available for Egitto
Snapshot at render time: 04:01:30 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Abū Qurqāş (UTC+03:00, EEST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
20°C, Clear sky
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 39% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:18 AM to 07:29 PM
Day length 13h 11m · Solar noon 12:54 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Abū Qurqāş local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmartedì 12 maggio 2026
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Population
90.3K
Coordinates
27.93, 30.84
Timezone
Africa/Cairo
Aeroporti indicizzati
3
Capital
Cairo
Languages
Arabic
Currency
EGP (£)
Country area
1,002,450 km²
Read time for Abū Qurqāş from the Africa/Cairo zone (EEST, UTC+03:00); the city carries roughly 90.3K residents and ranks #85 among curated Egitto entries.
The coordinates 27.93°N, 30.84°E put Abū Qurqāş roughly 3100 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:18 AM and sets around 07:29 PM in Abū Qurqāş — about 13h 11m of daylight. Egitto observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Banī ‘Ubayd (6 km from Abū Qurqāş) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for Egitto.
Abū Qurqāş planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Labour Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
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 Abū Qurqāş.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:01 AM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 09:01 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 06:01 PM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:01 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:01 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:01 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:01 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:01 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Abū Qurqāş si trova nel fuso orario Africa/Cairo (EEST), con uno scostamento UTC di +03:00.
Sì, Abū Qurqāş sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale (DST).
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Abū Qurqāş è UTC+03:00.
Abū Qurqāş sits at 27.93°N, 30.84°E in Egitto, with about 90.3K residents (rank #85 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Abū Qurqāş is Dubai, about 2,445 km away as the crow flies.
Banī ‘Ubayd is the closest indexed city, roughly 6 km from Abū Qurqāş.
Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is the closest curated airport reference, about 242 km from Abū Qurqāş.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Egitto, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.
Egypt has no operational high-speed rail links, but a project was launched in 2018 to construct three such lines with a total length of about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi). The first line links the cities of Ain Sukhna and Marsa Matrouh, the second connects the cities of Sixth of October and Abu Simbel, and the third connects the city of Qena with the cities of Hurghada and Safaga.
Distance-wise, Abū Qurqāş is closest to Dubai (~2,445 km), London (~3,676 km), Singapore (~8,269 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,366 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Abū Qurqāş sits inside Egitto — the Northern Africa subregion, capital Cairo, languages Arabic, currency EGP (£).
Around Abū Qurqāş, the nearest mapped reference cities are Banī ‘Ubayd (6 km), Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah (17 km), Minya (20 km), Mallawī (22 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for EEST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Abū Qurqāş: Labour Day, June 30 Revolution, Revolution Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Egitto.
Closest curated airport references from Abū Qurqāş: SPX Al Jiza (242 km), CAI Cairo (249 km), HBE Alexandria (352 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 pages should carry both prayer-time and Ramadan context because they meaningfully shape the local day.
Sphinx International AirportSPX
Al Jiza · 242 km from Abū Qurqāş
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Cairo International AirportCAI
Cairo · 249 km from Abū Qurqāş
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Alexandria International AirportHBE
Alexandria · 352 km from Abū Qurqāş
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now