Greece · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Heraklion, Greece runs on UTC+3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 7-hour difference between Heraklion 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 Heraklion lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Heraklion 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 Heraklion lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Heraklion 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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion.
Practical Info
Heraklion (Greece) is home to roughly 180K people. Today brings about 14.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 20:36. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 35° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Greece
Capital
Athens
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
EEST · Europe/Athens
Coordinates
35.34°N, 25.13°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+30
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Greek
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Knossos, outside Heraklion, covers about 14,000 square metres and had over a thousand interlinked rooms — complex enough that it is widely thought to be the origin of the labyrinth myth. It was occupied from around 1900 BC.
The clock: Heraklion keeps UTC+2. The Minoan writing system Linear A, found here, has never been deciphered.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.