JerusalemIsrael
Current time in Jerusalem, Israel
Friday, 16 October 2026
Israel Daylight TimeUTC+03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockJerusalem time at a glance
- Country
- Israel
- Location
- City in Israel
- Time zone
Asia/Jerusalem- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 01:00 GMT+2
Jerusalem time guide
When does Jerusalem change its clocks?
UTC+03:00.- Standard time
- Israel Standard Time (IST), UTC+02:00
- Daylight time
- Israel Daylight Time (IDT), UTC+03:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Jerusalem and London
- Usually 2 hours ahead; transition dates do not always align
Locality and metropolitan area
The core and metro totals use different boundaries
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reported 1,028,400 residents in the Jerusalem core locality at the end of 2023 and 1,506,400 in the metropolitan area. The wider figure covers 86 localities and should not be labeled as the city alone.
Time-zone identity for Jerusalem
- IANA zone
Asia/Jerusalem- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Jerusalem is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Jerusalem
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Jerusalem
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Jerusalem, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
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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.
Location context
About Jerusalem
Location details for Jerusalem in Israel.
- Administrative area
- Israel
- Population
- 971,800
- Coordinates
- 31.7690° N, 35.2163° E. The elevation is 786 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Jerusalem
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Jerusalem. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- West JerusalemJerusalem, Israel1.5 km north
Asia/JerusalemSame local time - Giv`at H̱ananyaJerusalem, Israel1.6 km east
Asia/JerusalemSame local time - Qiryat HaYovelJerusalem, Israel4.7 km west
Asia/JerusalemSame local time - Mevasseret TsiyyonJerusalem, Israel7.2 km northwest
Asia/JerusalemSame local time - Bet ShemeshJerusalem, Israel22 km west
Asia/JerusalemSame local time - Modiin IlitJerusalem, Israel24 km northwest
Asia/JerusalemSame local time
Sources for Jerusalem 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.
- Localities, Population and Density by Metropolitan AreaIsrael Central Bureau of Statistics · End of 2023 · AccessedOfficial comparison of Jerusalem core and metropolitan populations.