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Cairo's clocks go back 1 hour on Fri, Oct 30 · EEST → EET

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5:00 pm17:00 PKT (UTC+5), Oct 16, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026

PKT is 2 hours ahead of Cairo.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, PKT is 2 hours ahead of Cairo or PKT is 3 hours ahead of Cairo.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in Cairo or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PKT correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in Cairo.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in Cairo or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PKT correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in Cairo.

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

Time Difference

Pakistan Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of EEST (Eastern European Summer Time).
5:00 pm17:00 in PKT is 3:00 pm15:00 in Cairo, Egypt

PKT to Cairo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in PKT which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in Cairo

5:00 pm17:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PKT). Offset UTC +5:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Cairo, Egypt). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

5:00 pm17:00 PKT / 3:00 pm15:00 Cairo, Egypt

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Pakistan Standard Time

Offset: PKT is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Pakistan

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PKT time zone is Lahore in Pakistan, with about 13.004 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Pakistan Standard Time (PKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so PKT 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 Pakistan: Pakistan time now

PKT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +05 - basic short
  • +0500 - basic
  • +05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0500 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Echo - Military abbreviation for PKT
  • E - short form of 'Echo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PKT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Karachi
Time zones with the GMT +5 offset:
  • ALMT - Alma-Ata Time
  • AMST - Armenia Summer Time
  • AQTT - Aqtobe Time
  • AZST - Azerbaijan Summer Time
  • E - Echo Time Zone
  • MAWT - Mawson Time
  • MVT - Maldives Time
  • ORAT - Oral Time
  • PKT - Pakistan Standard Time
  • QYZT - Qyzylorda Time
  • TFT - French Southern and Antarctic Time
  • TJT - Tajikistan Time
  • TMT - Turkmenistan Time
  • UZT - Uzbekistan Time
  • YEKT - Yekaterinburg Time
  • HMT - Heard and McDonald Islands Time

Cairo 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.

Cairo Facts

Country
Egypt
Alternative Names
Al Qahirah, Al Qāhirah, CAI, Caire, Cairo, Cairo - alqahrt, Cairo - القاهرة, Cairu, Cairus, Caïro, El Caire, El Cairo, El Kahira, El Kahirah, El-Qahira, El-Qâhira, Il Cairo, Kaherah, Kahira, Kahirae, Kahire, Kahirä, Kair, Kaira, Kairas, Kairo, Kairó, Kajro, Kayro, Kaíró, Kaïro, Káhira, Le Caire, Lo Cayiro, Lungsod ng Cairo, Masr, Misr, Qahirə, alqahrt, kai luo, kailo, kairo, kayaro, keyro, khiro, qahrh, qhyr, Ël Cairo, Ël Càiro, Κάιρο, Каир, Каиро, Кайро, Каїр, קהיר, القاهرة, قاهره, قاھىرە, قاہرہ, কায়রো, கெய்ரோ, ไคโร, ཁ་ཡི་རོ, ქაირო, ካይሮ, カイロ, 开罗, 카이로
Population
9,606,916
Currency
Pound (EGP)
Geographic Coordinates
30° 03' N Latitude / 31° 14' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+20