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Time in Alexandria, Egypt now

20:07:41

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

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Sun: ↑ 06:03 ↓ 19:50 (13h 47m) - More info - Make Alexandria time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Alexandria

UTC +3

Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 30 October 2026: UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2)
The time in Alexandria is normally 6 or 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Alexandria can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Egypt brings back DST
The IANA time zone identifier for Alexandria is Africa/Cairo.

Friday April 24 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3).
The time was set forward one hour from 00:00 to 01:00 local time.

Friday October 30 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2).
The time will be set back one hour from 00:00 to 23:00 local time.

Time difference
from Alexandria

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+7 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Alexandria

Sunrise: 06:03
Sunset: 19:50
Day length: 13h 47m
Solar noon: 12:57
The current local time in Alexandria is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Alexandria on the map

Location: Egypt
Latitude: 31.20. Longitude: 29.92
Population: 5,264,000

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