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Time in Rafah, Palestine now

01:06:44PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Rafah switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Saturday, March 28. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:37AM ↓ 07:00PM (12h 23m) - More info - Make Rafah time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rafah

UTC +3

Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 24 October 2026: UTC +2 / Palestine Standard Time (PSST)
The time in Rafah is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Rafah can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Palestine stays on standard time one week longer
The IANA time zone identifier for Rafah is Asia/Gaza.

Saturday March 28 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Saturday October 24 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Palestine Standard Time (PSST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Rafah

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
London	−3 hours	−3 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
Paris	−2 hours	−2 hours
Zurich	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Rafah

Sunrise: 06:37AM
Sunset: 07:00PM
Day length: 12h 23m
Solar noon: 12:48PM
The current local time in Rafah is 48 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Rafah on the map

Location: Palestine
Latitude: 31.30. Longitude: 34.24
Population: 126,000

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