Time in Ethiopia now
4:00PMEAT
EATUTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Africa/Addis_Ababa
No clock changes: Ethiopia stays on EAT (UTC+3) all year.
Time zone in Ethiopia
Ethiopia uses a single time zone: East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Addis Ababa lies at 38.7° east, where mean solar time is UTC+2:35 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 25 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:25 PM.
Daylight saving time in Ethiopia
No. Ethiopia stays on EAT (UTC+3) all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.
That is typical near the equator: day length barely changes through the year, so moving the clocks would gain almost nothing.
Clock history of Ethiopia
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+2:35 in Addis Ababa), which ended on January 1, 1870, when ADMT (UTC+2:35) replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Ethiopia year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Addis_Ababa.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+3 all year | EAT |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Ethiopia time
Time difference between Ethiopia and major cities
| City | Local time now | Ethiopia vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 8:00 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Los Angeles | 5:00 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +11 h | +11 h | +10 h | none / none |
| London | 1:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| Berlin | 2:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 5:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| New Delhi | 6:30 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 9:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Beijing | 9:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Tokyo | 10:00 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Ethiopia’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Ethiopia overlaps New York’s for 0 min in January (3:00 AM–3:00 AM Ethiopia time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Ethiopia it is 1:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Ethiopia overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (12:00 PM–5:00 PM Ethiopia time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Ethiopia it is 6:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Ethiopia overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–2:30 PM Ethiopia time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Ethiopia it is 11:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Addis Ababa and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juba South Sudan | 920 km | 3:00 PM CAT | −1 h |
| Bangui Central African Republic | 2,290 km | 2:00 PM WAT | −2 h |
| Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates | 2,390 km | 5:00 PM UTC+4 | +1 h |
| Giza Egypt | 2,460 km | 3:00 PM EET | −1 h |
Same clock as Ethiopia
These places keep exactly the same time as Ethiopia all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Amman, Asia/Baghdad, Asia/Damascus, Asia/Qatar, Asia/Riyadh and 6 more).
Cities in Ethiopia
Ethiopia at a glance
- CapitalAddis Ababa
- Population135,472,051
- Time zone IDAfrica/Addis_Ababa
- Standard timeEAT (UTC+3)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+251