Current Time in Eritrea
Eritrea uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Eritrea
It's 12:18 AM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Eritrea on Friday, 6 November 2026.
Eritrea does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Asmara
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 (EAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+3 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Asmara
Keren
Himora
Massawa
How Eritrea writes dates and times
- Date format
- MM/DD/YYYY
- month-day-year, e.g. 11/25/2026 · ሕዳር 25, 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 ድ.ቀ.
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the ti-ER locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Eritrea
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Eritrea time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 9:18 PM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 4:18 PM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Thu 1:18 PM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Fri 1:18 AM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 5:18 AM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 6:18 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 8:18 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 6:18 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Eritrea at a glance
- Capital
- Asmara
- Population
- 3,607,000
- Currency
- Eritrean nakfa (ERN)
Questions about time in Eritrea
- What time is it in Eritrea right now?
- When this page was generated it was 12:18 AM EAT (UTC+03:00) in Eritrea.
- How many time zones does Eritrea have?
- Eritrea uses one time zone, East Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Asmara).
- Does Eritrea observe daylight saving time?
- No. Eritrea does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.