Current time in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
The current local time in Sharm El-Sheikh is shown below. Sharm El-Sheikh observes EET in winter and EEST during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Sharm El-Sheikh?
Sharm El-Sheikh uses Eastern European Time at UTC+2 in winter and Eastern European Summer Time at UTC+3 in summer. Egypt reintroduced DST in April 2023 after abolishing it in 2014, reflecting energy-conservation policy. The country observes Ramadan-aware DST scheduling, with adjustments made each year to ensure the holy month falls during standard time. The Sinai's longitude around 34.3 degrees east places wall time slightly ahead of mean solar noon. Israel immediately north and Jordan immediately east use closely related EET-EEST offsets but with different transition dates.
What are the working hours in Sharm El-Sheikh?
Tourism dominates the local economy, with hospitality scheduling reshaping the entire working calendar. Diving operations, beach-club service, restaurant operations along the Naama Bay and Soho Square commercial strips, and cruise ship arrivals at the Sharm El-Sheikh Port drive most local employment. Office hours for the limited non-tourism workforce run 09:00 to 17:00 with the working week running Sunday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday are the weekend. Ramadan substantially reshapes the working day with shorter daytime hours and active evening commerce post-iftar. The substantial Russian, European, and Gulf tourism markets follow different peak seasons.
Where is Sharm El-Sheikh?
Sharm El-Sheikh sits on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea, around 480 kilometres south-east of Cairo. The town itself holds around 75,000 residents, dominated by the substantial tourism economy along the surrounding hotel zone. The Ras Mohammed National Park, the world's most northerly coral reef ecosystem, lies immediately south. The Sinai mountain range rises inland, with Mount Sinai (Mount Catherine, 2,629 metres) around 150 kilometres north-west. The Tiran Strait separates the peninsula from Saudi Arabia immediately east, with the new King Salman Causeway under planning to span the gap.