Nearly 7 years after its cancellation, daylight saving time was re-established in Egypt last year, as it was implemented during the last Friday of April 2024.
Summer time in Egypt
The daylight saving time mechanism is based on moving the clock forward by 60 minutes, with the aim of rationalizing energy and saving its operation in light of the economic conditions and changes the world is witnessing.
During the current year, it was implemented again and the clock was changed in Egypt to 2024, after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued Law No. 24 of 2023 regarding the daylight saving time determination, which stipulated: “From the last Friday of the month of April until the end of the last Thursday of the month.” Every October of each calendar year, the legal hour in the Arab Republic of Egypt is the hour according to the prevailing time, set forward by sixty minutes.”
In the following graph, we will review some important numbers and indicators for daylight saving time in Egypt, according to the worlddata website, including that the decision is not new. In 1940, it was implemented in Egypt for the first time, specifically on July 15, and there are 70 countries around the world that apply it to obtain longer daylight hours.
List of time differences from Cairo for 22 international cities:
Los Angeles – 10 hours
Mexico City – 9 hours
Denver – 9 hours
Chicago – 8 hours
New York – 7 hours
Buenos Aires – 6 hours
Lisbon – 2 hours
London – 2 hours
Dublin – 2 hours
Johannesburg – 1 hour
Berlin – 1 hour
Athens0 hours
Moscow0 hours
Dubai +1 hour
Kolkata+2.5 hours
Bangkok+4 hours
Shanghai+5 hours
Singapore+5 hours
Perth+5 hours
Tokyo+6 hours
Sydney+7 hours
Auckland+9 hours
Official times for changing the time clock in Egypt:
October 27, 2023
April 26, 2024
November 1, 2024
April 25, 2025
October 31, 2025
April 24, 2026
October 30, 2026
April 30, 2027
October 29, 2027
April 28, 2028
