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Bahir Dar

UTC+3

Ethiopia · EAT

Rainy season
03:45:26Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:12↓ 19:0024:00
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
19:00
Daylight
12.8hrs
Population
350K
Season
Rainy season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 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 Bahir Dar 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 Bahir Dar lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Bahir Dar 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 Bahir Dar lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Bahir Dar 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 Bahir Dar 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 Bahir Dar.

Practical Info

Bahir Dar (Ethiopia) is home to roughly 350K people. Today brings about 12.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 19:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 12° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Capital

Addis Ababa

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

EAT · Africa/Addis_Ababa

Coordinates

11.59°N, 37.39°E

Currency

ETB (Br)

Calling Code

+251

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Amharic

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Source of the Blue Nile

Lake Tana beside Bahir Dar is Ethiopia's largest lake and the source of the Blue Nile, which supplies the majority of the Nile's water downstream. Monasteries on its islands hold manuscripts going back centuries.

The clock: Bahir Dar keeps UTC+3 at about 1,800 metres. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile is the largest hydroelectric project in Africa.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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