Time-zone spread
Ethiopia is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Africa/Addis_Ababa · 4 cities.
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Country time hub
Ethiopia has 1 time zone.
Last updated recently. Country-level time references, currency snapshots, nearby airports, and next-holiday context refresh on the daily page update window.
What time is it in Ethiopia
It's currently 8:34 PM GMT+3 in Ethiopia, which is UTC+03:00. Ethiopia does not observe daylight saving time.
Primary timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Indexed cities
4
Next holiday
No upcoming holiday found
See the holiday page for the full calendar.
Airport pages
1
Operational country read
This page is classified as a compact country time hub. It combines city coverage, time-zone spread, holiday signals, airport links, and reference-market overlap so users can decide whether to open a city page, a meeting planner, or a travel page next.
Time-zone spread
Ethiopia is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Africa/Addis_Ababa · 4 cities.
Reference-market overlap
Ethiopia is outside shared business hours for the sampled reference markets right now, so meeting planning should start from the city compare or meeting-planner tools rather than a cold call.
Snapshot uses 8 reference market clocks against Africa/Addis_Ababa.
Planning next step
Ethiopia has an airport-country page, so travel planning can move from national time context into arrival-city and airport-zone details.
Country evidence
Practical use cases
Trust boundaries
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
ETB
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.
Ethiopia is a federal parliamentary republic of roughly 127 million people — Africa's second-most populous — with nominal GDP near 165 billion USD and a much higher PPP figure, organised into 11 regional states plus two chartered cities. It observes East Africa Time (Africa/Addis_Ababa, UTC+3) with no DST, but uniquely retains the 13-month Ge'ez calendar (7-8 years behind Gregorian) and a 12-hour clock in which the day begins at 6am, though external dealings increasingly use Western conventions. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in office since 2018 and 2019 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, leads a state-driven economy after the November 2022 Pretoria peace agreement ended the Tigray war, with ongoing tensions with Eritrea over sea-access claims. The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) launched on 10 January 2025 — Africa's newest bourse — while the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Ethiopian Airlines anchor the economic profile.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (manual).
Capital
Addis Ababa
Population
111,652,998
Area
1,104,300 km²
Languages
Amharic
Currencies
ETB
Indexed cities
4
Indexed airports
1
Next public holiday
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Ethiopia is one of the country intelligence hubs in WorldClockTools, so this page combines live timezone structure, major city clocks, holidays, airports, and same-day planning signals instead of stopping at a flat country index.
Ethiopia currently spans 1 curated timezone. It sits in the Eastern Africa subregion. The wider region is Africa.
Mon, Jun 1
Addis Ababa
08:34 PM
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Mon, Jun 1
Gonder
08:34 PM
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Mon, Jun 1
Jijiga
08:34 PM
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Mon, Jun 1
Mek'ele
08:34 PM
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
| Reference market | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:34 PM | -2h | Plan around office hours |
| New York | 01:34 PM | -7h | Plan around office hours |
| Los Angeles | 10:34 AM | -10h | Plan around office hours |
| Dubai | 09:34 PM | +1h | Plan around office hours |
| Singapore | 01:34 AM | +5h | Plan around office hours |
| Tokyo | 02:34 AM | +6h | Plan around office hours |
| Sydney | 03:34 AM | +7h | Plan around office hours |
| São Paulo | 02:34 PM | -6h | Plan around office hours |
Reference fields include Ethiopia: ISO code, canonical slug, timezone roster, indexed cities, airport rows, next holiday, currency/language hints, reference-market overlap, and country-specific planning text.
Country time hubs work best when they connect to the deeper city, airport, compare, and market route families.