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Asmara

UTC+3

Eritrea · EAT

Rainy season
03:43:45Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:48↓ 18:4224:00
Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
18:42
Daylight
12.9hrs
Population
963K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Asmara, Eritrea runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Asmara and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Asmara lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Asmara and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Asmara lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Asmara and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Asmara lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Asmara.

Practical Info

Asmara (Eritrea) is home to roughly 963K people. Today brings about 12.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 18:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 15° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Eritrea

Eritrea

Capital

Asmara 👑

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

EAT · Africa/Asmara

Coordinates

15.33°N, 38.93°E

Currency

ERN (Nfk)

Calling Code

+291

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Tigrinya, Arabic, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

An Italian Modernist City in Africa

Asmara holds around 400 buildings of 1930s Italian rationalist and futurist design, including a petrol station shaped like an aeroplane. UNESCO listed the whole city in 2017 as a modernist ensemble.

The clock: Asmara keeps UTC+3 at about 2,325 metres, high enough that it is temperate all year while the Red Sea coast a few hours below is among the hottest places on Earth.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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