Current Time in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷
Lat/Long: 37.98° N, 23.73° E
Region: Attica
Country: 🇬🇷 Greece
IANA Timezone: Europe/Athens
Timezone: EET
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: EEST)
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Greece: EET
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Greece: EEST
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Athens
Sunrise
in Athens
↑
6:08 AM
Sunset
in Athens
↓
8:50 PM
Day Length
14h 42m
Dawn
in Athens
5:36 AM
Dusk
in Athens
9:22 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Athens
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
75.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Tomorrow, 00:00
Next Moonset
↓
Today, 11:09
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FAQ — Time in Athens
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 10:05:36 in Athens, Greece. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Athens uses Europe/Athens (EET) — UTC+02:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Europe/Athens, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Athens observes Daylight Saving Time. Clocks move forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. During DST, the local abbreviation becomes EEST (UTC+03:00). Check the Greece public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Athens is currently +02:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Athens's local time, use our time calculator.
In Greece, daylight saving time changes typically happen twice a year. Clocks shift forward by one hour in spring (entering daylight saving time) and shift back by one hour in autumn (returning to standard time). Exact dates vary; see the Greece calendar for this year's transition.