Time in Ethiopia 🇪🇹
The current local time in Ethiopia is anchored on Addis Ababa (Africa/Addis_Ababa, UTC +03:00 · EAT).
Addis Ababa local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 EAT
Ethiopia at a glance
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- ISO codes
- ET · ETH
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +251
- Currency
- Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Ethiopia
All of Ethiopia keeps the same clock, UTC +03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Addis_Ababa · Addis Ababa | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Addis Ababa vs. major cities
How far Addis Ababa is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Addis Ababa, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Addis Ababa | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Addis Ababa time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa has kept the same UTC +03:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Addis Ababa stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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