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Israel ➪ Time in Israel

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026

Daylight savings time ends on Sunday October 25, at 2:00 a.m.

Israel will switch to Standard Time (UTC+2) on Sunday night (October 25), by setting clocks back one hour from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. providing an extra hour of sleep.

End of Daylight saving time.

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Summer Time started on Friday, March 27th, 2026.

The standard time in Israel is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (GMT +2).

Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is 3 hours ahead of GMT (GMT +3).
In Hebrew DST is called שָׁעוֹן קיץ (Summer clock)

According to the "Summer clock law":
DST starts on Friday before the last Sunday of March at 2:00 A.M.
DST ends on the last Sunday of October at 2:00 A.M.

Daylight Saving Time Schedule
YearStartEnd
2026March 27, 2026October 25, 2026
2025March 28, 2025October 26, 2025

Israel DST schedule for the years 1948-2016 (Source: Ministry of Interior).

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