What Timezone is Egypt In?

Timezone of Egypt UTC+02:00

Facts last checked 9 October 2026.

Current time in Egypt (UTC+02:00): —
Standard time shown — daylight saving may apply at certain times of year.

Egypt uses a single timezone: UTC+02:00. The whole country keeps the same clock, which makes planning calls and travel straightforward.

When it is 12:00 noon UTC, the time in Egypt (UTC+02:00) is 14:00. Counting down to a trip? Try a countdown timer set to local Egypt time.

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Time difference between Egypt and major cities

City	Standard offset	Egypt is… (compared with that city)
London	UTC+0	2 hours ahead
New York	UTC-5	7 hours ahead
Los Angeles	UTC-8	10 hours ahead
Dubai	UTC+4	2 hours behind
Mumbai / Delhi	UTC+5.5	3.5 hours behind
Tokyo	UTC+9	7 hours behind
Sydney	UTC+10	8 hours behind

Based on standard (winter) time. Where a place observes daylight saving the gap changes by an hour for part of the year.

Other countries on UTC+02:00

Egypt in context

Egypt covers 1,002,450 km², making it the 29th largest of the 196 countries on this site.
Its population density of about 107 people per km² ranks 83rd of 196 (1st = most crowded).
It shares a land border with 4 countries: Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan.
With 107,271,260 people, Egypt holds about 40.9% of the population of Northern Africa.
That is roughly 7.4% of the Africa total counted on this site.
Traffic drives on the right, and calendars start the week on Sunday.
Egypt is a member state of the United Nations.

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