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Time in Rafah, Palestine now

16:11:58

Friday 24 October 2025, week 43

United Nations Day

Rafah switches to standard time at 02:00 on Saturday 25 October. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:51 ↓ 18:03 (11h 12m) - More info - Make Rafah time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rafah

UTC +3

Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2025: UTC +2 / Palestine Standard Time (PSST)
The time in Rafah 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 Rafah can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Palestine stays on standard time one week longer
The IANA time zone identifier for Rafah is Asia/Gaza.

Saturday April 12 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Saturday October 25 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Palestine Standard Time (PSST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Rafah

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	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rafah

Sunrise: 06:51
Sunset: 18:03
Day length: 11h 12m
Solar noon: 12:27
The current local time in Rafah is 27 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Rafah on the map

Location: Palestine
Latitude: 31.30. Longitude: 34.24
Population: 1,200,000

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