| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Lalibela, Ethiopia runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Lalibela and New York is 7 hours. 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. The time difference between Lalibela and London is 2 hours. 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. The time difference between Lalibela and Tokyo is 6 hours. 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, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Lalibela.
Lalibela (Ethiopia) is home to roughly 25K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 18:14. 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.
Flag
Ethiopia
Capital
Addis Ababa
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+3 · 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.
Lalibela lies at 39.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The 6.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 24 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:24 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 50m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 25m. The swing between them is 1h 25m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Lalibela the sun comes up earliest on 1 June at 05:58, while the latest sunset waits until 12 July at 18:53. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Lalibela that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Lalibela, Ethiopia is Africa/Addis_Ababa with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Lalibela has an estimated population of 25K and is located at coordinates 12.03°N, 39.04°E.
Lalibela gets 12h 50m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 25m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Lalibela falls at about 12:24 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 6.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Eleven Churches Cut Downward Into Rock: 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.