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Time in Alexandria, Egypt now

21:21:02

2026年, April 23日, Thursday, week 17

World Book and Copyright Day

Alexandria switches to daylight saving time at 00:00 on 2026年, April 24日, Friday. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:22 ↓ 18:35 (13h 13m) - More info - Make Alexandria time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Alexandria

UTC +2

Egypt Standard Time (GMT +2)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 24 April 2026: UTC +3 / Egypt Daylight Time (GMT +3)
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 October 31 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Friday April 24 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Alexandria

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Alexandria

Sunrise: 05:22
Sunset: 18:35
Day length: 13h 13m
Solar noon: 11:59
The current local time in Alexandria is 1 minute behind apparent solar time.

Alexandria on the map

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

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