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Aksum, Ethiopië
03:01:01 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Addis_Ababa

Kingdom of Aksum
Polity in Africa and Arabia before 960
Huidige lokale tijd
03:01:01 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
EAT
Africa/Addis_Ababa · UTC+03:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Aksum right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
ADD
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 572 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Curated airport references available for Ethiopië
Snapshot at render time: 03:01:01 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Aksum (UTC+03:00, EAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Sunrise and sunset
06:03 AM to 06:41 PM
Day length 12h 38m · Solar noon 12:22 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Aksum local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
94.5K
Coordinates
14.12, 38.72
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Capital
Addis Ababa
Languages
Amharic
Currency
ETB (Br)
Country area
1,104,300 km²
For Ethiopië, Aksum (rank #34 by population in this dataset) reads EAT, UTC+03:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Addis_Ababa, and the city's roughly 94.5K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 14.12°N, 38.72°E put Aksum roughly 1567 km from the equator in the tropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:03 AM and sets around 06:41 PM in Aksum — about 12h 38m of daylight. Ethiopië stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Adwa (20 km from Aksum) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Ethiopië.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
EAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Addis Ababa
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
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 Aksum.
The Kingdom of Aksum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in North East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and spanning present-day Djibouti, Sudan, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Emerging from the earlier Dʿmt civilization, the kingdom was founded in the 1st century. The city of Axum served as the kingdom's capital.
Distance-wise, Aksum is closest to Dubai (~2,123 km), London (~5,406 km), Singapore (~7,288 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 14,130 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Aksum sits inside Ethiopië — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Addis Ababa, languages Amharic, currency ETB (Br).
Around Aksum, the nearest mapped reference cities are Adwa (20 km), Inda Silasē (48 km), Intich’o (49 km), Indabaguna (61 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for EAT planning.
Closest curated airport references from Aksum: ADD Addis Ababa (572 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.
Addis Ababa Bole International AirportADD
Addis Ababa · 572 km from Aksum
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 29m
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.
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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
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 01:01 PM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 08:01 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 05:01 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 04:01 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 08:01 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 09:01 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 10:01 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 09:01 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
Aksum bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Addis_Ababa (EAT), met een UTC-verschuiving van +03:00.
Aksum hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Aksum is UTC+03:00.
Aksum sits at 14.12°N, 38.72°E in Ethiopië, with about 94.5K residents (rank #34 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Aksum is Dubai, about 2,123 km away as the crow flies.
Adwa is the closest indexed city, roughly 20 km from Aksum.
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) is the closest curated airport reference, about 572 km from Aksum.