Ethiopia · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Lalibela, 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 Lalibela 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 Lalibela lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Lalibela 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 Lalibela lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Lalibela 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 Lalibela 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 Lalibela.
Practical Info
Lalibela (Ethiopia) is home to roughly 25K people. Today brings about 12.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 18:54. 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
12.03°N, 39.04°E
Currency
ETB (Br)
Calling Code
+251
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Amharic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lalibela's churches were carved downward out of solid rock in the 12th and 13th centuries — not built but excavated, the largest, Bete Medhane Alem, about 33 by 23 metres and 11 metres deep. They are still in active use.
The clock: Lalibela keeps UTC+3 at around 2,500 metres. Ethiopian Christmas, Genna, falls on 7 January and draws tens of thousands here.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.