Local time in Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus
Current local time in Cyprus — this country spans 2 time zones. The clocks below update live in your browser.
Cyprus spans 2 IANA time zones in total; the 1 principal zones (one per UTC offset) are shown above.
Time difference — Nicosia
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Differences are relative to Nicosia, Cyprus, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Cyprus
- Standard label
- EET (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Nicosia)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Observed
- Number of time zones
- 2
- Capital
- Nicosia
- IANA zones
- Asia/Famagusta, Asia/Nicosia
Cyprus uses EET (UTC+2) as its standard time across 2 IANA zones. Clocks move forward in summer for daylight saving time, so the local offset alternates seasonally around the UTC+2 standard. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Cyprus.
Sunrise and sunset in Nicosia
At 35.2° north, Nicosia gets 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 9 h 47 min around the December solstice — a difference of 4 h 45 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:53 | 11:58 | 17:04 | 10 h 10 min |
| 21 February | 06:27 | 12:01 | 17:35 | 11 h 07 min |
| 21 March | 05:50 | 11:55 | 17:59 | 12 h 09 min |
| 21 April | 06:08 | 12:46 | 19:24 | 13 h 16 min |
| 21 May | 05:40 | 12:44 | 19:48 | 14 h 09 min |
| 21 June | 05:33 | 12:49 | 20:05 | 14 h 32 min |
| 21 July | 05:48 | 12:54 | 19:59 | 14 h 11 min |
| 21 August | 06:11 | 12:51 | 19:30 | 13 h 19 min |
| 21 September | 06:34 | 12:41 | 18:47 | 12 h 13 min |
| 21 October | 06:58 | 12:32 | 18:06 | 11 h 08 min |
| 21 November | 06:28 | 11:33 | 16:39 | 10 h 11 min |
| 21 December | 06:52 | 11:45 | 16:39 | 9 h 47 min |
Calculated for Nicosia (35.17°, 33.37°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in Cyprus (Asia/Nicosia)
Clocks in Nicosia change twice a year. Clock changes in 2026 and 2027, in local time:
- ForwardSunday 29 March 2026
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 03:00 becomes 04:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+3) - BackSunday 25 October 2026
Clocks go back 1 hour: 04:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+3 → UTC+2) - ForwardSunday 28 March 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 03:00 becomes 04:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+3) - BackSunday 31 October 2027
Clocks go back 1 hour: 04:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+3 → UTC+2)
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.