Indexed entity
Massawa is the massawa-ER record in Eritrea: country slug eritrea, city slug massawa, ISO ER, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Asmara.
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Live local time
Massawa, Eritrea
01:46:25 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Africa/Asmara
Quick answer
It is currently 01:46:25 PM (EAT, UTC+03:00) in Massawa, Eritrea — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
32°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
33°C
29°C
Wed
32°C
28°C
Thu
31°C
28°C
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
ERN
Live ECB rate not available for this currency.
Conversion rates aren’t published for this currency by the ECB. The local code is shown for reference.
Today
Sunrise
05:50 AM
Sunset
06:50 PM
Day length
12h 60m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Massawa, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:46 AM UTC.
Current local time
01:46:25 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
EAT
Africa/Asmara · UTC+03:00
Next holiday
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Massawa right now
Nearest airport
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Massawa
Indexed airports
0
Curated airport references available for Eritrea
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Massawa, Eritrea.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Massawa is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+03:00
Zone label
GMT+3
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Schedule risk
No upcoming country holiday signal in view
Travel cue
Asmara, 65 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:50 AM to 06:50 PM, with solar noon around 12:20 PM and total daylight of 13h 0m.
Mapped location
15.61°N, 39.47°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:46 AM / -2h
Good live-call window with Massawa right now.
New York
06:46 AM / -7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:46 AM / -10h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:46 PM / +1h
Good live-call window with Massawa right now.
Singapore
06:46 PM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Massawa.
No curated airport is currently mapped close enough to show as a planning cue.
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Africa/Asmara for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+03:00; stable January-to-July offset at UTC+03:00.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Massawa right now.
Check local interruptions
No upcoming country holiday signal in view. Nearest mapped context: Asmara, 65 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
No upcoming offset change was detected in the next two calendar years for Africa/Asmara. Editorial review date: 2026-04-30.
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Massawa has no near-term DST change or holiday interruption in view, but future rules can still be revised by local authorities.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Massawa.
Canonical route
/time/eritrea/massawa/
Catalog identity
massawa-ER · ER · Africa
Coordinate cell
15.61°N, 39.47°E · lat 15.608 · lon 39.475 · cell 1561:3947
Population record
23,100 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
Africa/Asmara · GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
January / July offsets
UTC+03:00 / UTC+03:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Asmara, Eritrea · 65 km
Nearest world hub
Dubai · 1,959 km
Closest airport references
No curated airport link is mapped directly to Massawa
Zone peer roster
Asmara, Eritrea · Keren, Eritrea · Himora, Eritrea
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Massawa: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Massawa is the massawa-ER record in Eritrea: country slug eritrea, city slug massawa, ISO ER, continent Africa, canonical IANA zone Africa/Asmara.
15.61°N, 39.47°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 15 and longitude band 39; exact decimal pair 15.60811, 39.47455.
Eritrea: official name State of Eritrea; capital Asmara; region Africa; subregion Eastern Africa; country population 3,607,000; area 117,600 km²; languages Arabic, English, Tigrinya; currencies ERN Eritrean nakfa. This is the country layer behind the Massawa clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Eritrea: Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Its capital and largest city is Asmara. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to the west, and Djibouti to the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The country has a total area of approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi), and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Source: Wikipedia.
Asmara [asmara-ER, ER, Africa/Asmara, 65 km]; Keren [keren-ER, ER, Africa/Asmara, 111 km]; Mek'ele [mek-ele-ET, ET, Africa/Addis_Ababa, 235 km]; Himora [himora-ER, ER, Africa/Asmara, 341 km]; Gonder [gonder-ET, ET, Africa/Addis_Ababa, 398 km]; Sanaa [sanaa-YE, YE, Asia/Aden, 508 km]; Ibb [ibb-YE, YE, Asia/Aden, 538 km]; Taiz [taiz-YE, YE, Asia/Aden, 539 km]
Massawa is part of this indexed country cluster: Asmara [asmara-ER, Africa/Asmara, pop 563,930]; Keren [keren-ER, Africa/Asmara, pop 74,800]; Himora [himora-ER, Africa/Asmara, pop 46,100]; Massawa [massawa-ER, Africa/Asmara, pop 23,100].
Dubai 1,959 km; London 5,309 km; Singapore 7,223 km; Tokyo 9,888 km; São Paulo 10,311 km; New York 10,744 km; Sydney 12,953 km; Los Angeles 14,010 km
Massawa has no nearby curated airport reference in the indexed airport snapshot for Eritrea.
Massawa renders Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3; GMT+3 at UTC+03:00; January UTC+03:00; July UTC+03:00; next holiday not currently surfaced.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Massawa.
Massawa is a context-and-reference city; rank #4 of 4 retained Eritrea city pages. The route is /time/eritrea/massawa/ and the city id is massawa-ER.
Massawa has 12 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Massawa is pinned at 15.61°N, 39.47°E; Asmara (65 km); Dubai (1,959 km).
Africa/Asmara resolves to stable UTC+03:00 offset across January and July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Eritrea.
Massawa has no direct nearby-airport handoff · no upcoming public-holiday signal in view · 0 country airport references · 0 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Massawa uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Massawa: Massawa or Mitsiwa is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. It has been a historically important port for many centuries. Massawa has been ruled or occupied by a succession of polities during its history, including the Dahlak Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Khedivate of Egypt and the Kingdom of Italy.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Massawa is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 39.47°, Massawa's mean solar noon falls about 22 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Massawa sits at 15.61°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Massawa sits at 15.61°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 12 (13h 3m)
Shortest day
Dec 14 (11h 12m)
Year-round average
12h 8m
Annual swing
1h 51m
See the full daylight curve for Massawa at /sun/massawa/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Massawa local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Massawa |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 16:00 - 00:00 (next day) |
| London | Europe/London | 11:00 - 19:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 06:30 - 14:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 03:00 - 11:00 |
Reference fields include Massawa's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 01:46:25 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Massawa (UTC+03:00, EAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:50 AM to 06:50 PM
Day length 13h 0m · Solar noon 12:20 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Massawa local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
23.1K
Coordinates
15.61, 39.47
Timezone
Africa/Asmara
Indexed airports
0
Capital
Asmara
Languages
Arabic, English
Currency
ERN (Nfk)
Country area
117,600 km²
Massawa, Eritrea (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: Africa/Asmara (EAT, UTC+03:00); population ~23.1K.
Coordinates: 15.61°N, 39.47°E. Northern Hemisphere tropics, ~1733 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:50 AM and sets around 06:50 PM in Massawa — about 13h 0m of daylight. Eritrea stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Asmara (65 km from Massawa) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with no airport pages currently indexed for Eritrea.
Massawa is indexed as a Africa city in the ER country record, using Africa/Asmara as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/eritrea/massawa/.
Location context: 15.61°N, 39.47°E; population 23,100; nearest indexed city Asmara is about 65 km away; closest reference hub is Dubai, about 1,959 km away.
Country planning context: capital Asmara; subregion Eastern Africa; languages Arabic, English, Tigrinya; currency ERN (Nfk); area 117,600 km²; 0 curated airport references; no upcoming holiday signal currently in view.
Does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset (+03:00) is constant year-round.
Massawa is listed in the dataset snapshot as 3 hours ahead of UTC (offset +03:00). 2 hours ahead of London, 6 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 39.47°, Massawa's mean solar noon falls about 22 minutes after civil 12:00 under the year-round civil offset — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Massawa sits at 15.61°N, in the northern tropics, so the sun passes nearly overhead twice a year and the longest-to-shortest day swing stays under about ninety minutes.
Related clock anchors for Massawa: Asmara (same time), San Francisco (−10h), Los Angeles (−10h), Mumbai (+2.5h), Hong Kong (+5h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
eritrea
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
EAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Asmara
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
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 Massawa.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Massawa: closest hubs Dubai (~1,959 km), London (~5,309 km), Singapore (~7,223 km); farthest indexed hub Los Angeles (~14,010 km).
Massawa sits inside Eritrea — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Asmara, languages Arabic, English, Tigrinya, currency ERN (Nfk).
Closest indexed cities to Massawa: Asmara (65 km), Keren (111 km), Mek'ele (235 km), Himora (341 km).
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Massawa, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:46 AM | -2h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:46 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:46 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:46 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:46 PM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:46 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:46 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:46 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Massawa is in the Africa/Asmara timezone (EAT), with a UTC offset of +03:00.
Massawa does not have a detected daylight-saving offset change in the current IANA rules. The offset resolves to UTC+03:00 in both January and July for this year.
The current UTC offset for Massawa is UTC+03:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Massawa, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 13:46 GMT+3. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Massawa sits at 15.61°N, 39.47°E in Eritrea, with about 23.1K residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Massawa is Dubai, about 1,959 km away as the crow flies.
Asmara is the closest indexed city, roughly 65 km from Massawa.
Massawa uses Eritrean nakfa (ERN, symbol Nfk) as the local currency of Eritrea.
The longest day of 2026 in Massawa falls on Jun 12 with about 13h 3m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 14 with 11h 12m; the year-round average is 12h 8m.
In Massawa local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 16:00-00:00 (next day); London 11:00-19:00; Frankfurt 10:00-18:00; Dubai 08:00-16:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.