Current time in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The current local time in Tel Aviv-Yafo is shown below. Tel Aviv-Yafo observes IST in winter and IDT during daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Standard abbreviation
- IST
- DST abbreviation
- IDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Tel Aviv-Yafo in context
Tel Aviv-Yafo sits on the Mediterranean coast of central Israel, the second-largest Israeli city with around 470,000 residents in the municipality and a wider metropolitan area of around 4.1 million across the Gush Dan region. The city combines the historic port of Jaffa at its southern end (one of the oldest ports in the world) with the modern Tel Aviv built up since 1909, the international commercial centre of Israel and the country's principal high-tech corridor.
Timezone history of Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv-Yafo uses Israel Standard Time at UTC+2 with Israel Daylight Time at UTC+3 during DST. Israel sets its own DST schedule that diverges from the EU's last-Sunday rule: DST runs from the Friday before the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October. This produces brief misalignments with European partners around the spring transition that can cause minor scheduling confusion.
Working hours in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv's working week runs Sunday to Thursday, with Friday and Saturday as the weekend (Friday being a half-day in many sectors). Office hours typically run 09:00 to 18:00 with a one-hour lunch. The substantial high-tech sector that earned the city its 'Silicon Wadi' nickname operates on flexible hours that overlap with US and European markets, with significant evening activity. Public holidays follow the Hebrew calendar, including the major autumn cluster of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.