IST to Cairo, Egypt
Compare IST time with Cairo time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
India Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of EET (Eastern European Time)
5:30 pm17:30 in IST is 2:00 pm14:00 in Cairo, Egypt
IST to Cairo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12:30pm-5pm in IST which corresponds to 9am-1:30pm in Cairo
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Cairo, Egypt). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST / 2:00 pm14:00 Cairo, Egypt
| IST | Cairo, Egypt |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 8:30 pm |
| 1am | 9:30 pm |
| 2am | 10:30 pm |
| 3am | 11:30 pm |
| 4am | 12:30 am |
| 5am | 1:30 am |
| 6am | 2:30 am |
| 7am | 3:30 am |
| 8am | 4:30 am |
| 9am | 5:30 am |
| 10am | 6:30 am |
| 11am | 7:30 am |
| 12pm (noon) | 8:30 am |
| 1pm | 9:30 am |
| 2pm | 10:30 am |
| 3pm | 11:30 am |
| 4pm | 12:30 pm |
| 5pm | 1:30 pm |
| 6pm | 2:30 pm |
| 7pm | 3:30 pm |
| 8pm | 4:30 pm |
| 9pm | 5:30 pm |
| 10pm | 6:30 pm |
| 11pm | 7:30 pm |
| 00:00 | 20:30 |
| 01:00 | 21:30 |
| 02:00 | 22:30 |
| 03:00 | 23:30 |
| 04:00 | 00:30 |
| 05:00 | 01:30 |
| 06:00 | 02:30 |
| 07:00 | 03:30 |
| 08:00 | 04:30 |
| 09:00 | 05:30 |
| 10:00 | 06:30 |
| 11:00 | 07:30 |
| 12:00 | 08:30 |
| 13:00 | 09:30 |
| 14:00 | 10:30 |
| 15:00 | 11:30 |
| 16:00 | 12:30 |
| 17:00 | 13:30 |
| 18:00 | 14:30 |
| 19:00 | 15:30 |
| 20:00 | 16:30 |
| 21:00 | 17:30 |
| 22:00 | 18:30 |
| 23:00 | 19:30 |
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
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, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
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.

IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +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.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
Cairo Information
Time Zone
EET - Eastern European Standard Time
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Standard Time.
Friday, April 24, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Friday of April. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Friday, April 24, 2026 at 1:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Friday, October 30, 2026 at 12:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Friday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 11:00 pm local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.