Israel Standard Time (IST)
Friday, October 16, 2026
Right now in Tel Aviv: IDT (UTC+3)
Fixed IST (UTC+2): 8:02 PM
IST can also mean India Standard Time, Irish Standard Time.
Strictly speaking, IST is UTC+2, but right now these places are on IDT (UTC+3) because of daylight saving time. Most people who write IST mean the current local time, so the converter follows it; the fixed time is shown above.
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9:02 PM in IST/IDT, Friday, October 16, 2026
Shared working hours (9:00–18:00)
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Places on UTC+2 right now
Cities whose local time currently equals UTC+2, including places on daylight saving time.
- JohannesburgSouth Africa
- BerlinGermany
- MadridSpain
- RomeItaly
- ParisFrance
- WarsawPoland
- StockholmSweden
- AmsterdamThe Netherlands
- BudapestHungary
- ViennaAustria
- BelgradeSerbia
- PragueCzechia
- CopenhagenDenmark
- OsloNorway
- ZurichSwitzerland
- BrusselsBelgium
- ZagrebCroatia
- KaliningradRussia
- LusakaZambia
- KhartoumSudan
- HarareZimbabwe
- TripoliLibya
- MaputoMozambique
- KigaliRwanda
- LilongweMalawi
- LubumbashiDR Congo
- SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina
- SkopjeNorth Macedonia
- JubaSouth Sudan
- BratislavaSlovakia
- TiranaAlbania
- WindhoekNamibia
- BujumburaBurundi
- MaseruLesotho
- LjubljanaSlovenia
- GaboroneBotswana
- PodgoricaMontenegro
- MbabaneEswatini
- MelillaSpain
- Andorra la VellaAndorra
Countries that use IST
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Questions and answers
What is IST?
IST stands for Israel Standard Time, a time zone at UTC+2.
Is it IST right now?
No. Daylight saving time is in effect, so the local time is IDT (UTC+3) instead of IST.
What is the difference between IST and UTC?
IST is 2 hours ahead of UTC.
Where is IST used?
IST is used in: Israel.