Africa/Asmara Time Zone

Africa/Asmara is East Africa Time, UTC+03:00. The clock below shows the time there now.

East Africa TimeUTC+03:00Local time nowAfrica/Asmara
Africa/Asmara and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
Africa/Asmara
Coordinates (central point)
15.212959, 38.631103

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Largest cities on this clock

Asmara, Keren, Himora, Af'abet, Massawa, Assab, Mendefera, and Barentu, in Eritrea, keep East Africa Time, the time shown above.

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year).

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. Eritrea6,209,262 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Africa/Djibouti361 mi southeast
  2. Africa/Addis_Ababa420 mi south
  3. Asia/Aden575 mi east
  4. Africa/Khartoum590 mi west
  5. Etc/GMT-3sea area

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.