Jerusalem, Israel Β· UTC+3
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Jerusalem runs on Israel Standard Time, UTC+2 in winter and Israel Daylight Time, UTC+3, in summer. The transition dates are set annually by the Israeli government and can vary to avoid conflicts with Jewish holidays.
At UTC+2, Jerusalem shares its winter clock with Cairo, Athens, and Kyiv. In summer at UTC+3, it matches Moscow and Nairobi.
A city with three calendars
Jerusalem is sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each tradition maintains its own calendar system.
The Jewish calendar is lunisolar, with 12 or 13 months per year. Shabbat begins at sunset on Friday and ends when three stars appear on Saturday night. Jewish holidays, including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, and Sukkot, are set by the Hebrew calendar.
The Islamic calendar is purely lunar. Friday midday prayer, Jumuah, is the weekβs central congregational time. Ramadan, the month of fasting, moves through the Gregorian year over a 33-year cycle.
Christian liturgical calendars, used by the cityβs Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Ethiopian, and other communities, calculate Easter by different methods, meaning Eastern and Western Easter fall on different dates most years.
UTC and the wall
The different religious communitiesβ control over different quarters and holy sites means that daily schedules in Jerusalem are genuinely fragmented. Market days, prayer hours, and business closures follow different rhythms depending on which community and which part of the city.
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Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database
- Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
- Armstrong, Karen. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths. Knopf, 1996.
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Questions about time in Jerusalem
- What timezone is Jerusalem in?
- Jerusalem uses the IANA timezone
Asia/Jerusalem. The UTC offset is UTC+2 in winter (standard time) and UTC+3 during daylight saving time (summer). - Does Jerusalem observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Jerusalem observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Friday, March 27 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 Jerusalem?
- Jerusalem is currently at UTC+3. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Jerusalem and New York?
- Jerusalem is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Jerusalem and London?
- Jerusalem is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Jerusalem and Los Angeles?
- Jerusalem is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Jerusalem and Tokyo?
- Jerusalem is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Jerusalem transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Jerusalem?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Jerusalem is
Asia/Jerusalem. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Asia/Jerusalem' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Asia/Jerusalem')`), or any IANA-compatible library.