🇪🇷 Time in Eritrea

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15:06:20

Monday, 29 June 2026

Capital City: Asmara

Largest Cities:

ISO Alpha-2: ER

ISO Alpha-3: ERI

IANA Time Zone: Africa/Asmara (UTC+03:00)

Time Zones: EAT

Regions in Eritrea

Time Now in Major Cities in Eritrea

CityCurrent Time
Asmara Mon 15:06:20
Assab Mon 15:06:20
Himora Mon 15:06:20
Keren Mon 15:06:20
Massawa Mon 15:06:20

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for Eritrea

TimezoneCurrent Time
Africa/Asmara Mon 15:06:20
Africa/Asmera Mon 15:06:20
Africa/Nairobi Mon 15:06:20

Sunrise and Sunset in Eritrea (5 Locations)

City ↑ Sunrise ↓ Sunset
Asmara
5:57 AM
6:58 PM
Assab
5:46 AM
6:38 PM
Himora
6:08 AM
7:05 PM
Keren
5:58 AM
7:01 PM
Massawa
5:54 AM
6:56 PM

Current Weather in Eritrea (5 Locations)

City Condition Temp.

Information about Eritrea

Population 6,209,262
Area 121,320 km²
ISO Numeric Code 232
FIPS Code ER
Top Level Domain .er
Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Phone Prefix +291
Country Code +291
Languages AA-ER (aa-ER), AR (ar), KUN (kun), TI-ER (ti-ER), TIG (tig)
Neighbouring Countries 🇩🇯 Djibouti, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇸🇩 Sudan

Upcoming Public Holidays in Eritrea

This year, Eritrea observes 15 public holidays, with 15 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Prophet's Birthday (estimated) on 25 Aug. The most recently passed holiday was Martyrs' Day. Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in Eritrea to plan your schedule.

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FAQ — Eritrea

Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.

The clocks at the top of this page show the current local time in Eritrea, updated live. Eritrea uses Africa/Asmara (EAT) — UTC+03:00.

Eritrea spans 3 time zones. The full list of time zones and the current local time in each is shown above on this page. Countries split into multiple time zones for geographic, political, or historical reasons — wider east-west spans usually mean more zones.

The capital of Eritrea is Asmara. Click through for the current local time in Asmara, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

The most populous cities in Eritrea include Asmara, Keren, Himora, Massawa and Assab. Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

Eritrea observes 15 public holidays this year. The full list — fixed and movable, religious and secular, national and regional — is on the Eritrea public holidays page.

Eritrea's ISO 3166-1 country codes are: alpha-2 code ER and alpha-3 code ERI. These codes are used in address fields, web domains (ccTLD), phone country lookups, and any international data interchange referring to this country. The Eritrea calendar also uses these as identifiers.

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