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Athens, Grécia
08:50:28 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/Athens

Athens
Capital and largest city of Greece
Hora local atual
08:50:28 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso horário
EEST
Europe/Athens · UTC+03:00
Próximo feriado
Labour Day
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
Sobreposição comercial agora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Athens right now
Aeroporto mais próximo
ATH
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 20 km
Aeroportos indexados
1
Curated airport references available for Grécia
Snapshot at render time: 08:50:28 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Athens (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 20°C · Humidity 50% · Wind 2 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:31 AM to 08:13 PM
Day length 13h 42m · Solar noon 01:22 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
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Population
664K
Coordinates
37.98, 23.73
Timezone
Europe/Athens
Aeroportos indexados
1
Capital
Athens
Languages
Greek
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
131,990 km²
Athens (rank #1 by population in this dataset) sits at Europe/Athens (EEST, UTC+03:00) with roughly 664K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Grécia.
The coordinates 37.98°N, 23.73°E put Athens roughly 4216 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 06:31 AM and sets around 08:13 PM in Athens — about 13h 42m of daylight. Grécia observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Výronas (3 km from Athens) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Grécia.
Athens 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
Europe/Athens
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 Athens.
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Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.
Distance-wise, Athens is closest to London (~2,392 km), Dubai (~3,287 km), New York (~7,925 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 15,327 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Athens sits inside Grécia — the Southern Europe subregion, capital Athens, languages Greek, currency EUR (€).
Around Athens, the nearest mapped reference cities are Výronas (3 km), Zográfos (4 km), Dhafní (4 km), Aigáleo (4 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for EEST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Athens: Labour Day, Pentecost, Whit Monday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Grécia.
Closest curated airport references from Athens: ATH Spata-Artemida (20 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.
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportATH
Spata-Artemida · 20 km from Athens
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Exchange snapshot
1 EUR = 0.866 GBP · 1 EUR = 1.17 USD
As of 2026-04-29
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:50 PM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:50 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:50 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:50 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 01:50 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 02:50 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 03:50 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 02:50 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Athens está no fuso horário Europe/Athens (EEST), com um deslocamento UTC de +03:00.
Sim, Athens está atualmente observando o Horário de Verão (DST).
O deslocamento UTC atual para Athens é UTC+03:00.
Athens sits at 37.98°N, 23.73°E in Grécia, with about 664K residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Athens is London, about 2,392 km away as the crow flies.
Výronas is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Athens.
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) is the closest curated airport reference, about 20 km from Athens.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Grécia, on sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026.