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Time in Ashqelon, Israel now

04:31:48PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Ashqelon switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Friday, March 27. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:35AM ↓ 06:58PM (12h 23m) - More info - Make Ashqelon time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ashqelon

UTC +3

Israel Daylight Time (IDT)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Israel Standard Time (IST)
The time in Ashqelon 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 Ashqelon can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Ashqelon is Asia/Jerusalem.

Friday March 27 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Ashqelon

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 Ashqelon

Sunrise: 06:35AM
Sunset: 06:58PM
Day length: 12h 23m
Solar noon: 12:47PM
The current local time in Ashqelon is 47 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Ashqelon on the map

Location: Israel
Latitude: 31.67. Longitude: 34.57
Population: 144,000

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