What is GMT in EAT?
East Africa Time is 3 hours ahead
Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.
- Time in Greenwich
- 2:56 am
- Time in Nairobi
- 5:56 am
- Difference
- +3 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
EAT — East Africa Time
5:00 am
Wed
Daylight saving
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
East Africa Time
East Africa Time stays on EAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
GMT to EAT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Greenwich Mean Time to East Africa Time. 3 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.
- 12:00 am GMT
- 3:00 am EAT
- 1:00 am GMT
- 4:00 am EAT
- 2:00 am GMT
- 5:00 am EAT
- 3:00 am GMT
- 6:00 am EAT
- 4:00 am GMT
- 7:00 am EAT
- 5:00 am GMT
- 8:00 am EAT
- 6:00 am GMT
- 9:00 am EAT
- 7:00 am GMT
- 10:00 am EAT
- 8:00 am GMT
- 11:00 am EAT
- 9:00 am GMT
- 12:00 pm EAT
- 10:00 am GMT
- 1:00 pm EAT
- 11:00 am GMT
- 2:00 pm EAT
- 12:00 pm GMT
- 3:00 pm EAT
- 1:00 pm GMT
- 4:00 pm EAT
- 2:00 pm GMT
- 5:00 pm EAT
- 3:00 pm GMT
- 6:00 pm EAT
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm EAT
- 5:00 pm GMT
- 8:00 pm EAT
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 9:00 pm EAT
- 7:00 pm GMT
- 10:00 pm EAT
- 8:00 pm GMT
- 11:00 pm EAT
- 9:00 pm GMT
- 12:00 am EAT+1 day
- 10:00 pm GMT
- 1:00 am EAT+1 day
- 11:00 pm GMT
- 2:00 am EAT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm GMT, which is 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm EAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.
East Africa Time (EAT) is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia