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Time in Rafah, Palestine now

10:14:19AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Rafah switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Saturday, October 25. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 05:53AM ↓ 05:01PM (11h 8m) - More info - Make Rafah time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rafah

UTC +2

Palestine Standard Time (PSST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 28 March 2026: UTC +3 / Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT)
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 October 25 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Saturday March 28 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Rafah

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
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Cairo	+1 hours
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	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rafah

Sunrise: 05:53AM
Sunset: 05:01PM
Day length: 11h 8m
Solar noon: 11:27AM
The current local time in Rafah is 33 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Rafah on the map

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

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