Israel · IDT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Eilat, Israel runs on UTC+3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. There is a 7-hour difference between Eilat 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 Eilat lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Eilat 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 Eilat lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Eilat 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 Eilat 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 Eilat.
Practical Info
Eilat (Israel) is home to roughly 52K people. Today brings about 14.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 19:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 30° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Israel
Capital
Jerusalem
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IDT · Asia/Jerusalem
Coordinates
29.56°N, 34.95°E
Currency
ILS (₪)
Calling Code
+972
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hebrew, Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Eilat's coral reef sits at about 29.5° north, further from the equator than reef-building coral normally survives, kept alive by the Gulf of Aqaba's warm, clear water. Its corals have shown unusual heat tolerance.
The clock: Eilat keeps Israeli time. It is on a major bird migration route, with hundreds of millions of birds passing through twice a year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.