Local time in Israel
State of Israel
Current local time in Israel (IST (UTC+2)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Jerusalem
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Differences are relative to Jerusalem, Israel, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Israel
- Standard label
- IST (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Jerusalem)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- IANA zones
- Asia/Jerusalem
Israel uses IST (UTC+2) as its standard time. 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 Israel.
Sunrise and sunset in Jerusalem
At 31.8° north, Jerusalem gets 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 10 h 04 min around the December solstice — a difference of 4 h 09 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 06:39 | 11:51 | 17:03 | 10 h 25 min |
| 21 February | 06:16 | 11:54 | 17:31 | 11 h 15 min |
| 21 March | 05:43 | 11:47 | 17:51 | 12 h 09 min |
| 21 April | 06:05 | 12:38 | 19:12 | 13 h 07 min |
| 21 May | 05:40 | 12:37 | 19:33 | 13 h 54 min |
| 21 June | 05:35 | 12:42 | 19:48 | 14 h 14 min |
| 21 July | 05:48 | 12:46 | 19:44 | 13 h 56 min |
| 21 August | 06:08 | 12:43 | 19:18 | 13 h 10 min |
| 21 September | 06:27 | 12:33 | 18:39 | 12 h 12 min |
| 21 October | 06:47 | 12:24 | 18:02 | 11 h 15 min |
| 21 November | 06:13 | 11:26 | 16:38 | 10 h 25 min |
| 21 December | 06:36 | 11:38 | 16:40 | 10 h 04 min |
Calculated for Jerusalem (31.78°, 35.23°; 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 Israel
Clocks in Jerusalem change twice a year. Clock changes in 2026 and 2027, in local time:
- ForwardFriday 27 March 2026
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+3) - BackSunday 25 October 2026
Clocks go back 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 01:00 (UTC+3 → UTC+2) - ForwardFriday 26 March 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+3) - BackSunday 31 October 2027
Clocks go back 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 01:00 (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.