AsmaraEritrea
Current time in Asmara, Eritrea
Friday, 25 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAsmara time at a glance
- Country
- Eritrea
- Location
- Capital city of Eritrea
- Time zone
Africa/Asmara- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Asmara time guide
Does Asmara change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Asmara
- Asmara and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Asmara and New York
- 8 hours ahead of EST; 7 hours ahead of EDT
Capital and Maekel Region
Current city estimates need careful sourcing
Asmara lies within Eritrea’s central Maekel Region. Recent international reporting provides national and regional planning estimates, but comparable current city-level census results are limited, so regional or national estimates should not be labeled as Asmara’s population.
Time-zone identity for Asmara
- IANA zone
Africa/Asmara- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Asmara is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Asmara
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Asmara
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Asmara, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Asmara, capital of Eritrea
Asmara is the capital of Eritrea. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Eritrea
- Administrative area
- Maekel, Eritrea
- Population
- 563,930
- Coordinates
- 15.3381° N, 38.9318° E. The elevation is 2,334 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Asmara
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Asmara. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MendeferaDebub, Eritrea52 km south
Africa/AsmaraSame local time - MassawaNorthern Red Sea, Eritrea65 km northeast
Africa/AsmaraSame local time - KerenAnseba, Eritrea71 km northwest
Africa/AsmaraSame local time - BarentuGash-Barka, Eritrea146 km west
Africa/AsmaraSame local time - HimoraGash-Barka, Eritrea275 km southwest
Africa/AsmaraSame local time - AssabSouthern Red Sea, Eritrea485 km southeast
Africa/AsmaraSame local time
Sources for Asmara time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- United Nations Eritrea Annual Results Report 2024United Nations in Eritrea · Published 2025 · AccessedCurrent national planning context identifying Asmara and Maekel.