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IANA timezone

Africa/Cairo.

EESTUTC+03:00Observing DST

Africa/Cairo is the IANA timezone for Egypt, currently at UTC+03:00 (EEST). It observes daylight saving time, so the offset changes on the scheduled transition dates each year. The zone covers 4 cities listed below, with live clocks updating every second.

Offset, DST behavior, and city coverage are refreshed from the live timezone dataset during the page revalidation window.

Current time in EEST

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Africa/Cairo · UTC+03:00

All timezones in Egypt →View EEST abbreviation →

Abbreviation

EEST

UTC Offset

UTC+03:00

DST Status

Observing DST

Country

Egypt

Timezone planning depth

What Africa/Cairo is useful for

A timezone page should do more than define an offset. These notes connect the zone to city clocks, DST behavior, converters, and adjacent country planning pages.

Zone identity

Africa/Cairo is rendered as EEST at UTC+03:00 for Egypt. The IANA zone ID is the stable key; the abbreviation is only the short display label.

DST behavior

Africa/Cairo has 2 scheduled offset transitions in the next 12 months. Next transition: April 30, 2027 (UTC+02:00 → UTC+03:00, +1h). Cumulative offset movement across the window is +2h. Use the IANA zone ID rather than a fixed UTC offset when scheduling across these dates.

City coverage

4 indexable cities sit in this zone after locale and crawl-safety filters, with Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, and Shubrā al Khaymah among the examples shown.

Conversion handoff

EEST has no pre-built converter pair, so a custom comparison runs through the general timezone converter instead.

Adjacent planning context

The most useful next steps from this timezone page are holiday calendars, airport-country planning, and city clocks. Those links keep the zone page connected to real user tasks rather than stopping at an offset definition.

Abbreviations across the year

Africa/Cairo resolves to multiple display abbreviations in the next 12 months: EEST and EET. The abbreviation rotates with the offset, which is why long-lived calendar entries should be anchored to the IANA zone instead of a saved abbreviation.

Offset stability

Africa/Cairo spends about 182 days at UTC+03:00 across the forward 12-month window, which makes it the longer-running of two seasonal offsets. The remaining time is split across the other offsets listed in the year-of-DST card.

Peer zones at the same offset

Other IANA zones currently aligned at UTC+03:00 include Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Gaborone, Africa/Harare, Africa/Juba, and Africa/Khartoum. Same-offset peers can drift apart later in the year if their DST rules differ, so a peer match today is not a permanent equivalence.

Country roster

Africa/Cairo is used as the primary clock anchor for Egypt. The roster is derived from country-zone mappings, so it reflects which jurisdictions adopt this IANA zone rather than which countries happen to share its current offset.
Timezone abbreviations can be ambiguous. The IANA zone name is the canonical key used for clocks, city pages, and conversion math.

Source-change watch

When timezone policy changes

Machine-readable rule source

Exact offsets and transition rows come from the IANA Time Zone Database as exposed by the deployed runtime. IANA publishes tzdb releases when governments change civil-time rules.

Check IANA Time Zone Database

Egypt Law 24/2023 reference

Egypt resumed DST in 2023; exact transition rows should come from IANA and current statutory notices.

Check policy source

Year-round offset behavior

Africa/Cairo across the next 12 months

The forward 12-month sweep returned 2 scheduled offset transitions. Cumulative offset movement is +2h. Anchor stored timestamps to the IANA zone, not to a fixed UTC offset.

Date (local)Local timeFromToGap
April 30, 20271:00 AMUTC+02:00 (GMT+2)UTC+03:00 (GMT+3)+1h
October 28, 202711:00 PMUTC+03:00 (GMT+3)UTC+02:00 (GMT+2)-1h

Offset window

UTC+02:00 (GMT+2)

175 days

Offset window

UTC+03:00 (GMT+3)

182 days

Offset window

UTC+02:00 (GMT+2)

8 days

Primary offset across the window: UTC+03:00 (GMT+3) for about 182 days.

Coverage reference

What Africa/Cairo covers

Country roster

Egypt

Common abbreviations

EESTEET

Abbreviations rotate with each DST transition — anchor calendar entries to the IANA zone, not an abbreviation.

Peer zones at UTC+02:00 right now

Africa/BujumburaAfrica/GaboroneAfrica/HarareAfrica/JubaAfrica/KhartoumAfrica/KigaliAfrica/BlantyreAfrica/Lubumbashi

Same-offset peers can drift apart later in the year if their DST rules differ; today's offset match is not a permanent equivalence.

Top cities in Africa/Cairo (by population)

CairoAlexandriaGizaShubrā al Khaymah

DST mismatch radar

Meetings drift when regions change their clocks on different weekends. Dates below are computed from the IANA time zone rules as of 5 Nov 2026.

Upcoming DST shifts

  • United States and Canada
    Clocks go forward 1 hour · UTC-05:00 → UTC-04:00
    Sun 14 Mar 2027
  • UK and European Union
    Clocks go forward 1 hour · UTC+00:00 → UTC+01:00
    Sun 28 Mar 2027
  • New Zealand
    Clocks go back 1 hour · UTC+13:00 → UTC+12:00
    Sun 4 Apr 2027
  • South-east Australia
    Clocks go back 1 hour · UTC+11:00 → UTC+10:00
    Sun 4 Apr 2027

Meetings at risk

  • New York ↔ London
    • Sun 14 Mar 2027 (New York changes)5 h → 4 h
    • Sun 28 Mar 2027 (London changes)4 h → 5 h
    • Sun 31 Oct 2027 (London changes)5 h → 4 h
    • Sun 7 Nov 2027 (New York changes)4 h → 5 h

    4 h instead of 5 h for 14 days, Sun 14 Mar 2027 to Sun 28 Mar 2027.

    4 h instead of 5 h for 7 days, Sun 31 Oct 2027 to Sun 7 Nov 2027.

  • New York ↔ Sydney
    • Sun 14 Mar 2027 (New York changes)16 h → 15 h
    • Sun 4 Apr 2027 (Sydney changes)15 h → 14 h
    • Sun 3 Oct 2027 (Sydney changes)14 h → 15 h
    • Sun 7 Nov 2027 (New York changes)15 h → 16 h
  • London ↔ Sydney
    • Sun 28 Mar 2027 (London changes)11 h → 10 h
    • Sun 4 Apr 2027 (Sydney changes)10 h → 9 h
    • Sun 3 Oct 2027 (Sydney changes)9 h → 10 h
    • Sun 31 Oct 2027 (London changes)10 h → 11 h

Each gap is how many hours the second city is ahead of the first.

Holidays in EgyptAirports in Egypt

Cities in EEST

AlexandriaCairoGizaShubrā al Khaymah

FAQ

What is the current UTC offset for Africa/Cairo?
Africa/Cairo is currently at UTC+02:00 (GMT+2). The page revalidates weekly, but live clocks on this page tick from the IANA zone in real time.
Does Africa/Cairo observe daylight saving time in 2027?
Yes. Africa/Cairo has 2 scheduled transitions in the next 12 months. The first is April 30, 2027 (UTC+02:00 → UTC+03:00, +1h). Anchor saved timestamps to the IANA zone, not to a fixed UTC offset, so they survive the change automatically.
Which cities use Africa/Cairo?
Africa/Cairo is the canonical clock for cities including Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Shubrā al Khaymah. The page lists 4 indexable cities in this zone after locale and crawl-safety filters.
What abbreviations does Africa/Cairo use?
Africa/Cairo resolves to EEST, EET across the next 12 months — the abbreviation rotates with each DST transition. Calendar entries should anchor to the IANA zone instead of an abbreviation so the right offset is used in each window.
Why does Egypt use Africa/Cairo?
Egypt is mapped to Africa/Cairo as one of its IANA zones in the country-zone catalog. The IANA zone records each jurisdiction's historical offset and DST rule changes; Africa/Cairo stores the rules used by Egypt (ISO EG).

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