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Time in Israel now

11:07:44AM

Monday, March 31, 2025

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

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Time zone info for Israel

UTC +3

Israel Time
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +2 / Israel Standard Time (IST)
The time in Israel 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 Israel can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Israel is Asia/Jerusalem.

Friday March 28 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Israel Daylight Time (IDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Israel Standard Time (IST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Israel

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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Israel on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 20,770 km²
Currency: Shekel (ILS)
Calling code: +972
Internet top level domain: .il
Latitude: 31.50. Longitude: 34.75
Population: 8,884,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Israel 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 24 largest cities in
Israel