Current time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The current local time in Addis Ababa is shown below. Addis Ababa observes EAT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Addis Ababa does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Standard abbreviation
- EAT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Addis Ababa?
Ethiopia keeps UTC+3 on the wall clock, but daily life often runs on a different reckoning: the traditional Ethiopian clock counts twelve hours from dawn, so six in the morning by the international clock is the zeroth hour locally, and appointments are frequently quoted this way. The country also keeps its own calendar of thirteen months, running some seven to eight years behind the Gregorian, so the year on a Western calendar is not the year in everyday local use.
What are the working hours in Addis Ababa?
Government, the diplomatic and pan-African institutions, and a fast-growing services and manufacturing base anchor the economy, with offices generally open 08:30 to 17:00 on weekdays and Saturday mornings in some sectors. The dual clock and calendar make confirming whether a time is quoted in local or international reckoning a routine courtesy when scheduling. The Orthodox festivals of Timkat in January and Meskel in September, and the new year of Enkutatash, also in September, are the principal national closures. The African Union diplomatic calendar also shapes the rhythm of activity in the city.
Where is Addis Ababa?
Addis Ababa sits on a high plateau in the central highlands of Ethiopia at around 2,355 metres, one of the highest capital cities in the world, which tempers its climate despite the tropical latitude. The metropolitan area holds around 5 million people. Founded only in the 1880s, it grew into the political heart of the one African country never formally colonised, and now hosts the headquarters of the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.