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Time in Athens, Greece now

02:53:18AM

Monday, March 31, 2025

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Athens switched to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 30. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:10AM ↓ 07:48PM (12h 38m) - More info - Make Athens time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Athens

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Athens is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Athens can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Athens is Europe/Athens.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Athens

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Athens

Sunrise: 07:10AM
Sunset: 07:48PM
Day length: 12h 38m
Solar noon: 01:29PM
The current local time in Athens is 89 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Athens on the map

Athens is the capital of Greece.
Latitude: 37.98. Longitude: 23.73
Population: 664,000
Elevation: 70 m

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Best restaurants in Athens

#1 Lalibela - Ethiopian and vegetarian options food
#2 Varoulko Seaside Restaurant - European and greek food
#3 Herve Restaurant - French and greek food
#4 Spondi Restaurant - French and vegetarian options food

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