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Office hours in Cairo

Offices in Cairo are open 09:00–17:00 UTC+3, Sunday to Thursday. Those are the working hours of Egypt, read on the clock Cairo actually keeps — which is the one that matters when you are trying to reach somebody there. The working week runs Sunday to Thursday.

Office hours
09:00–17:00
UTC+3
The clock they are on
Africa/Cairo
5 × 8 h
The week in Cairo
Sunday to Thursday
Friday and Saturday

When can you reach Cairo?

We use the time zone your browser reports. Change it if that is not where you work — the hours below are yours, not UTC.

You are in
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The clock they are on

Cairo keeps Africa/Cairo, currently UTC+3. The office hours above are on that clock, so they shift against yours when either side changes its clocks.

The working week

Cairo
09:00 to 17:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday.
The working week runs Sunday to Thursday.
Working hours across Egypt
The national picture, including the days Egypt rests and how Cairo compares with the rest of it.

Office hours are a national convention read on this city's clock, not any one employer's schedule. Shift work, retail and hospitality do not follow it.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.
Curated city set: names, countries, coordinates, IANA zones
Source: IANA tzdb for zones, public geographic data for coordinates. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.

FAQ

What are office hours in Cairo?

09:00–17:00 UTC+3. That is the office convention of Egypt, read on the clock Cairo keeps, rather than a national average.

Are offices in Cairo open right now?

The panel on this page answers that live, in your own time zone as well as theirs. The regular day is 09:00–17:00 UTC+3, on working days only — public holidays are not counted.

What time zone is Cairo in?

Cairo is on Africa/Cairo, UTC+3 at the moment. The offset changes with daylight saving, and everything on this page uses the current one.