Cairo time zone and office-hour overlap
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- UTC+2Eastern European Standard Time, January
- UTC+3Eastern European Summer Time, July
- Africa/CairoIANA time zone name
- 0other listed cities on the same clock all year
Clock changes
Cairo changes its clocks on dates that do not follow a fixed weekday rule (Eastern European Standard Time / Eastern European Summer Time); check the date before you book.
Next change, as of when this page was built (2026-10-20): back on Thu 29 October 2026, from UTC+3 to UTC+2.
Sun and clock
At 31.3° east, the sun is highest over Cairo at about 11:55 am on the winter clock — almost exactly noon, because the clock runs close to the sun.
In mid-January the sun rises at about 6:51 am and sets at about 5:16 pm — 10 hours 30 minutes of daylight.
In mid-July the sun rises at about 6:04 am and sets at about 7:58 pm — 14 hours of daylight.
On a January weekday, 28 of the listed cities share the whole 9-to-5 day with Cairo, 193 share at least two hours and 48 share no office time at all; on a July weekday the counts are 34, 190 and 46. The furthest away on the clock in January is Honolulu (United States), 12 hours behind.
Of the 268 cities in this planner, 141 are behind Cairo in January, 28 show the same time and 98 are ahead of it.
Cities on the same clock
None of the other 267 cities in this planner follows exactly the same clock as Cairo through the whole year.
Only in January (northern winter) it matches Johannesburg (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Lusaka (Zambia), Pretoria (South Africa), Khartoum (Sudan), Harare (Zimbabwe), Tripoli (Libya), Maputo (Mozambique) and 8 more — they change their clocks on different dates or not at all.
Only in July it matches Istanbul (Turkey), Moscow (Russia), Baghdad (Iraq), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Nairobi (Kenya), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and 14 more.
Office hours shared with 12 business cities
Counting a 9-to-5 day, Monday to Friday, in both cities: Cairo shares two hours or more with London, Paris, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and São Paulo, and no office time at all with Los Angeles, Chicago and Auckland.
| City | Gap, Jan / Jul | Shared, Jan / Jul | At 9 am |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | −7 / −7 h | 1 / 1 h | 2:00 am |
| Los Angeles | −10 / −10 h | 0 / 0 h | 11:00 pm (−1 day) |
| Chicago | −8 / −8 h | 0 / 0 h | 1:00 am |
| London | −2 / −2 h | 6 / 6 h | 7:00 am |
| Paris | −1 / −1 h | 7 / 7 h | 8:00 am |
| Dubai | +2 / +1 h | 6 / 7 h | 11:00 am |
| Mumbai | +3½ / +2½ h | 4½ / 5½ h | 12:30 pm |
| Singapore | +6 / +5 h | 2 / 3 h | 3:00 pm |
| Tokyo | +7 / +6 h | 1 / 2 h | 4:00 pm |
| Sydney | +9 / +7 h | 0 / 1 h | 6:00 pm |
| Auckland | +11 / +9 h | 0 / 0 h | 8:00 pm |
| São Paulo | −5 / −6 h | 3 / 2 h | 4:00 am |
Time differences with Cairo
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