About Cairo
Cairo is a major city in Egypt. It uses Eastern European Summer Time.
The next daylight saving time transition is on October 29, 2026, when clocks fall back from GMT+3 to GMT+2.
- Coordinates
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Population
- 9,606,916
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo
- Country
- Egypt
- Capital
- Cairo
- Calling code
- +20
Airports
- CAI · Cairo International
- SPX · Sphinx International
The current local time at Cairo's airports (CAI, SPX) is the same as the city time shown above.
Public holidays in Egypt (2026)
- Christmas Day (Orthodox)Wed, Jan 7
- Revolution Day 2011 / National Police DaySun, Jan 25
- Sinai Liberation DaySat, Apr 25
- Labour DayFri, May 1
- June 30 RevolutionThu, Jul 2
- Revolution DayThu, Jul 23
- Armed Forces DayTue, Oct 6
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