Current Time in Israel
Israel 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 Israel
It's 7:47 PM IST (UTC+02:00) in Israel on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Israel observes daylight saving time. The next change is on 26 March 2027 at 02:00 local time, to daylight saving time.
- Time zone
- Israel Time
- IANA: Asia/Jerusalem
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 (IST)
- Clock changes
- Clocks go forward 1 hour on 26 March 2027 at 02:00 local time (to IDT, UTC+3).
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
West Jerusalem
Haifa
How Israel writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD.MM.YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25.11.2026 · 25 בנובמבר 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Weekend: Friday and Saturday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the he-IL locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Israel
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Israel time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 5:47 PM | 2 h behind | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 12:47 PM | 7 h behind | 1 h (16:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 9:47 AM | 10 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 9:47 PM | 2 h ahead | 6 h (09:00–15:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 1:47 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 2:47 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 4:47 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 2:47 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
Israel at a glance
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Population
- 10,134,800
- Currency
- Israeli new shekel (ILS)
Questions about time in Israel
- What time is it in Israel right now?
- When this page was generated it was 7:47 PM IST (UTC+02:00) in Israel.
- How many time zones does Israel have?
- Israel uses one time zone, Israel Time (IANA ID Asia/Jerusalem).
- Does Israel observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Israel observes daylight saving time. The next change is on 26 March 2027 at 02:00 local time, to daylight saving time.