Ethiopia · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.