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Safaga's clocks go back 1 hour on Fri, Oct 30 · EEST → EET
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3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 IST (UTC+5:30), Oct 16, 2026

Safaga is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, Safaga is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind IST or Safaga is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Safaga correspond to 11:30 am to 8:30 pm in IST or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Safaga correspond to 12:30 pm to 9:30 pm in IST.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Safaga correspond to 11:30 to 20:30 in IST or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Safaga correspond to 12:30 to 21:30 in IST.

Compare Safaga time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in Safaga, Egypt is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST

Safaga to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3:30pm09:00-15:30 in Safaga which corresponds to 11:30am-6pm11:30-18:00 in IST

3:00 pm15:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Safaga, Egypt). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Safaga, Egypt / 5:30 pm17:30 IST

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Safaga Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3 (now, daylight saving time)
EET – Eastern European Time, UTC+2 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Friday, October 30, 2026 at 12:00 amFriday, October 30, 2026 at 00:00: clocks go back 1 hour to Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 11:00 pmThursday, October 29, 2026 at 23:00 (EET). Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Friday, April 30, 2027 at 12:00 amFriday, April 30, 2027 at 00:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (EEST). DST starts on the last Friday of April each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Safaga Facts

Country
Egypt
Alternative Names
Bur Safaga, Bur Safajah, Būr Safājah, Port Safaga, Safadza, Safadża, Safaga, sai fa jie, sfaja, Сафага, سفاجا, 塞法杰
Population
53,639
Currency
Pound (EGP)
Geographic Coordinates
26° 44' N Latitude / 33° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+20

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Current time in India: India time now

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2