TripoliLibya
Current time in Tripoli, Libya
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Eastern European Standard TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockTripoli time at a glance
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Capital city of Libya
- Time zone
Africa/Tripoli- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- EET
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Tripoli time guide
Does Tripoli change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Tripoli
- Tripoli and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Tripoli and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
City, municipality and region
Libyan population series depend on administrative geography
Libya's Bureau of Statistics and Census publishes population estimates by region and retains the 2006 census as the last comprehensive enumeration. Tripoli figures should therefore state both the reference year and whether they cover the municipality or a wider district.
Time-zone identity for Tripoli
- IANA zone
Africa/Tripoli- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- EET
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Tripoli is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Tripoli
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Tripoli
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Tripoli, 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 Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli is the capital of Libya. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Libya
- Administrative area
- Libya
- Population
- 1,302,947
- Coordinates
- 32.8874° N, 13.1873° E. The elevation is 15 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Tripoli
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Tripoli. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Tājūrā’Tripoli, Libya15 km east
Africa/TripoliSame local time - Qaşr Bin GhashīrTripoli, Libya23 km south
Africa/TripoliSame local time - Qaşr al QarabūllīTripoli, Libya52 km east
Africa/TripoliSame local time - Qaşr KhiyārTripoli, Libya65 km east
Africa/TripoliSame local time - JanzūrAl Jafarah, Libya18 km southwest
Africa/TripoliSame local time - As SawānīAl Jafarah, Libya22 km southwest
Africa/TripoliSame local time
Sources for Tripoli 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.
- Libyan population estimates by regionLibya Bureau of Statistics and Census · 2021 estimates published 2024 · AccessedOfficial release catalog for regional population estimates and census results.