Local time · Palestinian Territories
What time is it in Palestinian Territories?
11:49:06AM
- UTC offset
- UTC+2:00
- Daylight saving
- Not right now
- Time zones
- One nationwide
- Versus New York
- 7 hours ahead
Palestinian Territories observes daylight saving
Palestinian Territories is currently on standard time, UTC+2:00. The next change is Saturday, March 27, 2027, when clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Working with Palestinian Territories from the US
Gaza is 7 hours ahead of New York and 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 4:00 pm in Gaza.
To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.
The sun in Gaza today
- Sunrise
- 6:08 am
- Sunset
- 4:44 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 36 minutes
- Solar noon
- 11:26 am
The day is 10 hours 36 minutes long in Gaza, and losing 1 minute a day. The sun peaks at 11:26 am, 34 minutes before noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Gaza sits 18 minutes of solar time east of UTC+2:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.
The solar year swings 4 hours 7 minutes in Gaza: 14 hours 12 minutes of daylight at the June solstice against 10 hours 6 minutes at the December one. Being north of the equator, its longest day falls in June — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.
Other countries
On UTC+2:00 right now, the same clock as Palestinian Territories: