Addis AbabaEthiopia
Current time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Friday, 25 September 2026
East Africa TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAddis Ababa time at a glance
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Location
- Capital city of Ethiopia
- Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Addis Ababa time guide
Does Addis Ababa change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Year-round offset
- East Africa Time (EAT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Addis Ababa and London
- 3 hours ahead during GMT; 2 hours ahead during BST
- Addis Ababa and New York
- 8 hours ahead of EST; 7 hours ahead of EDT
Chartered city and urban area
Addis Ababa is a federal chartered city
Ethiopia’s official projections publish Addis Ababa separately from the country’s regional states. The chartered-city total covers its administrative sub-cities and is not identical to estimates for the continuously built-up urban area beyond that boundary.
Time-zone identity for Addis Ababa
- IANA zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa- 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.
Addis Ababa is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Addis Ababa
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 Addis Ababa
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Addis_Ababa, 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 Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Ethiopia
- Administrative area
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 3,860,000
- Coordinates
- 9.0250° N, 38.7469° E. The elevation is 2,405 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Addis Ababa
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Addis Ababa. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BurayuOromiya, Ethiopia9.5 km west
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - SebetaOromiya, Ethiopia19 km southwest
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - GenetOromiya, Ethiopia28 km west
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - SendafaOromiya, Ethiopia33 km northeast
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - Ādīs ‘AlemOromiya, Ethiopia38 km west
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time - BishoftuOromiya, Ethiopia40 km southeast
Africa/Addis_AbabaSame local time
Sources for Addis Ababa 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.
- Population projectionsEthiopian Statistical Service · Official projection series · AccessedOfficial population projections treating Addis Ababa as a separate chartered administration.