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Time in Heraklion, Greece now

06:02:50AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Heraklion switched to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:10AM ↓ 07:38PM (12h 28m) - More info - Make Heraklion time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Heraklion

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Heraklion 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 Heraklion can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Heraklion is Europe/Athens.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Heraklion

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
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−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 Heraklion

Sunrise: 07:10AM
Sunset: 07:38PM
Day length: 12h 28m
Solar noon: 01:24PM
The current local time in Heraklion is 84 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Heraklion on the map

Location: Greece
Latitude: 35.33. Longitude: 25.14
Population: 137,000

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Best restaurants in Heraklion

#1 Peskesi - Greek and vegetarian options food
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