Time in Israel 🇮🇱
The current local time in Israel is anchored on Jerusalem (Asia/Jerusalem, UTC +03:00 · GMT+3).
Jerusalem local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT+3
Israel at a glance
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- ISO codes
- IL · ISR
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +972
- Currency
- Israeli New Shekel (ILS)
- Work week
- Sunday to Thursday
- Weekend
- Friday and Saturday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Israel
All of Israel keeps the same clock: UTC +02:00 in standard time and UTC +03:00 during daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Jerusalem · Jerusalem | UTC +02:00 | UTC +03:00 | Forward 27 March · Back 25 October |
Jerusalem vs. major cities
How far Jerusalem is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Jerusalem, 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 Jerusalem | 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 Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem
Since 1970, Jerusalem has gone through 6 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 46 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 1984, is UTC +02:00 with UTC +03:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the last Friday in March and back on the last Sunday in October, a rule in place since 2024.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 27 March 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| Sunday, 25 October 2026 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
| Friday, 26 March 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +03:00 |
| Sunday, 31 October 2027 | Back 1 hour | 02:00 → 01:00 | UTC +02:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (6 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1974–1975 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1976–1979 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1980 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in August, back on the second Sunday in September |
| 1981–1983 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1984–2026 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Forward on the last Friday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 2024) |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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