Current time in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel, keeps Israel Standard Time: UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer.
Current time in Tel Aviv
17:22:07
Asia/Jerusalem · UTC+02:00
Time zone in Tel Aviv
Sunrise and sunset in Tel Aviv
Sun and clock in Tel Aviv
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Tel Aviv comes at 11:41, because the city lies about 5° east of the meridian its clock is set to.
Asia/Jerusalem is named after Jerusalem, 50 km to the south-east. The sun crosses the meridian over Tel Aviv 2 minutes later than over Jerusalem, although the two clocks always agree.
Daylight through the year in Tel Aviv
The latest sunrise of the year, 06:56 on October 30, comes on the last morning before the clocks go back, so it is darker than any midwinter morning.
On the same clock, the sun rises in Tel Aviv between 1 and 3 minutes later and sets between 1 and 3 minutes later than in Jerusalem, depending on the date, and Tel Aviv’s longest day is 2 minutes longer than Jerusalem’s.
Lahore (31.5°N) and Dallas (32.8°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Tel Aviv, so their days stay within 4 minutes of Tel Aviv’s all year; the clock in Lahore is 2 h or 3 h ahead of Tel Aviv, depending on the date, and in Dallas 8 h behind Tel Aviv for most of the year and 7 h behind Tel Aviv for part of it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:10 | 16:41 | 10 h 31 m |
| December 15 | 06:34 | 16:38 | 10 h 4 m |
| January 15 | 06:42 | 16:58 | 10 h 17 m |
| February 15 | 06:23 | 17:27 | 11 h 3 m |
| March 15 | 05:51 | 17:48 | 11 h 57 m |
| April 15 | 06:12 | 19:10 | 12 h 58 m |
| May 15 | 05:43 | 19:31 | 13 h 48 m |
| June 15 | 05:34 | 19:48 | 14 h 14 m |
| July 15 | 05:45 | 19:48 | 14 h 3 m |
| August 15 | 06:05 | 19:26 | 13 h 20 m |
| September 15 | 06:25 | 18:48 | 12 h 23 m |
| October 15 | 06:44 | 18:09 | 11 h 25 m |
When the clocks change in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv changes its clocks in March and October. The dates are set locally rather than by any international convention, which is why they line up with neither the European nor the North American pattern.
Tel Aviv has no tz database entry of its own: it keeps Asia/Jerusalem, named after Jerusalem. The database promises that the two clocks have agreed since 1970, and makes no claim for the years before. The rules that entry follows, and how long they have applied, are on the Jerusalem page.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2027 | Forward one hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| October 31, 2027 | Back one hour: 02:00 becomes 01:00 | UTC+02:00 |
Calling Tel Aviv from another time zone
| Place | Tel Aviv’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 07:00–15:00 | — | — |
| New York | 02:00–10:00 | 1 h, 16:00–17:00 Tel Aviv time | 1 h to 2 h |
| London | 07:00–15:00 | 6 h, 11:00–17:00 Tel Aviv time | 5 h to 6 h |
| Tokyo | 16:00–00:00 | 1 h, 09:00–10:00 Tel Aviv time | 1 h to 2 h |
Tel Aviv compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Tel Aviv | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 7 h behind | 7 h behind / 6 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 2 h behind | 3 h behind / 2 h behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 2 h ahead | 1 h ahead / 2 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 3 h 30 min ahead | 2 h 30 min ahead / 3 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 6 h ahead | 5 h ahead / 6 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 7 h ahead | 6 h ahead / 7 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 9 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep Asia/Jerusalem time: Jerusalem.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | 50 km south-east | same clock | 2 minutes earlier |
| Cairo | 410 km south-west | 1 h behind / the same | 14 minutes later |
| Istanbul | 1,120 km north-west | the same / 1 h ahead | 23 minutes later |
| Athens | 1,200 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 44 minutes later |
| Jeddah | 1,260 km south | the same / 1 h ahead | 18 minutes earlier |
| Kuwait City | 1,300 km east | the same / 1 h ahead | 53 minutes earlier |
| Riyadh | 1,420 km south-east | the same / 1 h ahead | 48 minutes earlier |
| Bucharest | 1,570 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 35 minutes later |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Tel Aviv’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Tel Aviv in?
Tel Aviv keeps Asia/Jerusalem, Israel Standard Time, at UTC+02:00, moving to Israel Daylight Time (UTC+03:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Jerusalem; Tel Aviv has shown the same time as Jerusalem since at least 1970.
Is all of Israel on the same time as Tel Aviv?
Yes. Asia/Jerusalem is the tz database’s only entry for Israel, and Tel Aviv keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Tel Aviv?
None: no entry in the tz database outside Tel Aviv’s own country shows its time on every date of the next twelve months.
What is the time difference between Tel Aviv and Cairo?
The clock in Cairo, Egypt, about 410 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is the same as Tel Aviv’s for most of the year and 1 h behind Tel Aviv for part of it.