Current time in Beirut

Lebanon · UTC+2/UTC+3

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Asia/Beirut

UTC offset

UTC+2/UTC+3

Daylight Saving

Yes — observed

Time zone ID

Asia/Beirut

Business hours

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EET (Monday–Friday)

About Beirut's time zone

Beirut follows Eastern European Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and EEST (UTC+3) in summer from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Lebanon shares this time zone with Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Cyprus. Beirut was historically known as the 'Paris of the Middle East' and remains a regional financial center despite decades of instability. Beirut is 2 hours ahead of London and 7 hours ahead of New York.

Best time to call Beirut

Calling from	Recommended window
London	7:00 AM – 4:00 PM GMT
New York	2:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Dubai	11:00 AM – 8:00 PM GST
Paris	9:00 AM – 6:00 PM CET

Did you know? Lebanon had a bizarre time zone incident in 2023 when the Lebanese government and religious leaders disagreed on when to implement DST. The caretaker government announced a one-month delay to DST to accommodate Ramadan. The result: Lebanese Christians followed the government's delayed schedule, while Muslims kept the original schedule — meaning Lebanon temporarily had two simultaneous time zones depending on the religious community.

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