Israel · IDT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Haifa, 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 Haifa 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 Haifa lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Haifa 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 Haifa lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Haifa 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 Haifa 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 Haifa.
Practical Info
Haifa (Israel) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 14.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 19:54. 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 33° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Israel
Capital
Jerusalem
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
IDT · Asia/Jerusalem
Coordinates
32.79°N, 34.99°E
Currency
ILS (₪)
Calling Code
+972
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hebrew, Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Baháʼí terraces climb Mount Carmel in nineteen levels over about a kilometre, with a one-kilometre stair through the middle. They were completed in 2001 and are a UNESCO site.
The clock: Haifa keeps Israeli time, and the city runs the country's only public transport that operates on Shabbat, along with its only underground funicular railway.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.