Ethiopia · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Dire Dawa, 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 Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa 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 Dire Dawa.
Practical Info
Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) is home to roughly 500K people. Today brings about 12.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° 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
9.59°N, 41.86°E
Currency
ETB (Br)
Calling Code
+251
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Amharic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Dire Dawa was founded in 1902 because the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway could not economically climb to Harar, so the station was placed on the plain below and a city grew around it.
The clock: Dire Dawa keeps UTC+3. Ethiopia also keeps its own calendar, seven to eight years behind the Gregorian, and counts hours from dawn.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.