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Greece · GMT+2
Athens runs on GMT+2. Add 2 hours to Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Athens.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
06:17
Sunset
18:03
Timezone
Athens is located in Greece and uses the Europe/Athens timezone, currently GMT+2 from UTC. The clocks change on 28 March 2027 to GMT+3. Sunrise is at 06:17 and sunset at 18:03 local time. The coordinates of Athens are 37.98°N, 23.73°E.
Today Athens gets 11 hours 46 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:10, about 10 minutes after clock noon.
Right now Athens shares its GMT+2 offset with Helsinki, Bucharest, Kyiv, Sofia, Riga, Tallinn. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Athens work Monday to Friday, typically 09:00–17:00 local time. Lunch is usually 14:00–15:00, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on shipping, tourism, banking and software, which is who you are most likely to be calling. Business is personal, phone calls are preferred to email, and the main meal is mid-afternoon.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Orthodox Easter (Good Friday to Easter Monday, April or May), Independence Day (25 March), Ochi Day (28 October) and Assumption (15 August). Expect slow replies during August and Orthodox Easter week.
| From | Gap | Call at (Athens time) |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇦 Lviv | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇱🇻 Riga | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇧🇬 Sofia | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇪🇪 Tallinn | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇬🇧 London | −2h | 11:00–17:00 |
| 🇺🇸 New York | −6h | 15:00–17:00 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | +6h | 09:00–11:00 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | +2h | 09:00–15:00 |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Athens is in the Europe/Athens timezone, currently GMT+2.
Yes. Athens observes daylight saving time. The clocks change on 28 March 2027 to GMT+3.
Athens is currently GMT+2 from UTC (GMT+2). Clocks change on 28 March 2027.
Right now Athens is 2 hours ahead of London and 6 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Athens is 07:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+2 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Athens at 06:17 and sets at 18:03 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .
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