Italy
Time now in Cairo
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20Sunset 08:03Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Europe/Rome
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
170
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
08:03
Day length
13h 43m
Coordinates
43.81, 12.85
Time difference from Cairo
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Cairo right now.
Cairo on the map
About the time in Cairo
Cairo runs on Europe/Rome, which puts the city UTC +2 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 170 people live in Cairo, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Cairo is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +2 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cairo
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cairo?
- Cairo is UTC +2 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Cairo right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cairo, updating every second from Europe/Rome (UTC +2).
- What are normal business hours in Cairo in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Cairo runs from 07:00–15:00 UTC today.
- Which time zone is Cairo in?
- Cairo uses Europe/Rome, currently UTC +2.
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