| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −7h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −10h on 1 Nov |
Tripoli, Libya runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Tripoli and New York is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Tripoli lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Tripoli and London is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Tripoli lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Tripoli and Tokyo is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Tripoli lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Johannesburg, Windhoek, Cape Town. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Tripoli.
Tripoli (Libya) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:00, sunset at 18:53. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 33° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Libya
Capital
Tripoli 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Tripoli
Coordinates
32.89°N, 13.19°E
Currency
LYD (ل.د)
Calling Code
+218
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius has stood in Tripoli since AD 165 and is the only substantial Roman structure left in the old city. Leptis Magna, two hours east, is among the best-preserved Roman cities anywhere.
The clock: Libya has changed time zone repeatedly — moving to UTC+2, then to UTC+1 in November 2012, then back to UTC+2 in October 2013. Tripoli now keeps UTC+2 year-round.
Tripoli lies at 13.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 16.8° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 67 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:07 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+2 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 19m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 59m. The swing between them is 4h 21m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Tripoli the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 05:58, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 20:19. 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 Tripoli that civil twilight runs about 25 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 Tripoli, Libya is Africa/Tripoli with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Tripoli has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 32.89°N, 13.19°E. It is the capital city of Libya.
Tripoli gets 14h 19m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 59m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Tripoli falls at about 13:07 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 16.8° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Roman Arch in a Modern City: The Arch of Marcus Aurelius has stood in Tripoli since AD 165 and is the only substantial Roman structure left in the old city. Leptis Magna, two hours east, is among the best-preserved Roman cities anywhere.