Egypt
Time now in Tanta
Sunrise 06:25Sunset 07:33Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
576,648
Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
07:33
Day length
13h 07m
Coordinates
30.79, 31.00
Time difference from Tanta
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Tanta right now.
Tanta on the map
About the time in Tanta
Tanta is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +3 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 29 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Around 576,648 people live in Tanta, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Tanta runs on Africa/Cairo, which puts the city UTC +3 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Tanta
- What are normal business hours in Tanta in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Tanta runs from 06:00–14:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Tanta right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Tanta, updating every second from Africa/Cairo (UTC +3).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Cairo, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Tanta in?
- Tanta uses Africa/Cairo, currently UTC +3.
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