Beirut, Lebanon Β· UTC+3
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Beirut runs on Eastern European Time (UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer). Lebanon observes daylight saving time, though its schedule occasionally diverges from EU norms. IANA timezone: Asia/Beirut.
Beirut has been called the Paris of the Middle East, a city of extraordinary resilience that has been rebuilt from rubble more than once. The 15-year civil war ended in 1990. The city rebuilt. The 2006 war caused massive damage. The city rebuilt. The August 2020 port explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, destroyed entire neighborhoods. The city is still rebuilding.
The clock is Eastern European Time, UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 during daylight saving. The IANA identifier is Asia/Beirut.
Lebanonβs DST timing has occasionally differed from the standard EU schedule, sometimes starting or ending early for political or religious reasons (aligning with Orthodox Easter, or with Ramadan schedules). These deviations have been infrequent but notable enough to require IANA database updates.
Nights out in a city that keeps going
Beirutβs daily rhythm is Mediterranean-shifted-later: lunch at 2pm, dinner at 9pm or 10pm, evenings that extend past midnight. The cityβs cafe culture, nightlife, and restaurant scene are remarkable for a city under the ongoing pressures of economic collapse, political dysfunction, and the aftermath of the port explosion.
Amman is in a neighboring timezone, UTC+2 in winter with DST. The two cities are often discussed in the same breath as the eastern Mediterraneanβs most cosmopolitan.
9am in Beirut is 7am in London during European winter.
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Questions about time in Beirut
- What timezone is Beirut in?
- Beirut uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Beirut. The UTC offset is UTC+2 in winter (standard time) and UTC+3 during daylight saving time (summer). - Does Beirut observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Beirut observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+2 to UTC+3.
- What is the current UTC offset for Beirut?
- Beirut is currently at UTC+3. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Beirut and New York?
- Beirut is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Beirut and London?
- Beirut is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Beirut and Los Angeles?
- Beirut is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Beirut and Tokyo?
- Beirut is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Beirut transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Beirut?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Beirut is
Asia/Beirut. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Beirut' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Beirut')`), or any IANA-compatible library.