GMT+02:00 — Current Time Now

Live clock at the GMT+02:00 offset, with the 27 countries, 40 major cities, and 12 IANA time zones currently observing it. Also available as UTC+2.

GMT+02:00

18:07:58

Thursday, 12 November 2026

GMT+02:00 No DST (fixed offset)
UTC Offset
GMT+02:00
IANA Name
Etc/GMT-2
Unix Timestamp
1794499678
Observes DST
No

About GMT+2

GMT+2 represents a time zone offset of 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. As of right now, 12 IANA time zones observe this offset, covering 27 countries and 40 major cities in our directory.

This page mirrors UTC+2 — Greenwich Mean Time is by definition aligned with UTC, so the two offsets resolve to the same wall-clock time.

Countries currently at GMT+2

27 countries where the primary civil clock is currently at this offset.

Major cities currently at GMT+2

The 40 largest cities (by population) where the local time currently matches this offset.

🇪🇬 Cairo
Egypt · pop. 10,107,125
🇿🇦 Johannesburg
South Africa · pop. 5,635,127
🇸🇩 Khartoum
Sudan · pop. 5,274,321
🇪🇬 Alexandria
Egypt · pop. 5,200,000
🇿🇦 Cape Town
South Africa · pop. 4,618,000
🇪🇬 Giza
Egypt · pop. 4,239,988
🇿🇦 Durban
South Africa · pop. 3,720,000
🇺🇦 Kyiv
Ukraine · pop. 2,967,360
🇸🇩 Omdurman
Sudan · pop. 2,802,000
🇨🇩 Mbuji-Mayi
DR Congo · pop. 2,465,000
🇱🇧 Beirut
Lebanon · pop. 2,424,000
🇨🇩 Lubumbashi
DR Congo · pop. 2,195,000
🇷🇴 Bucharest
Romania · pop. 1,883,425
🇿🇦 Soweto
South Africa · pop. 1,695,047
🇺🇦 Kharkiv
Ukraine · pop. 1,431,000
🇧🇬 Sofia
Bulgaria · pop. 1,238,438
🇱🇾 Tripoli Libya
Libya · pop. 1,230,000
South Africa · pop. 1,152,115
🇷🇼 Kigali-gh
Rwanda · pop. 1,132,686
🇲🇿 Maputo
Mozambique · pop. 1,101,170
Egypt · pop. 1,099,354
🇱🇾 Benghazi
Libya · pop. 1,077,246
🇺🇦 Odessa
Ukraine · pop. 1,015,826
🇧🇮 Bujumbura
Burundi · pop. 1,007,747
🇺🇦 Dnipro
Ukraine · pop. 978,052
🇮🇱 Jerusalem
Israel · pop. 936,425
🇲🇼 Blantyre
Malawi · pop. 800,264
🇪🇬 Port Said
Egypt · pop. 749,371
🇿🇦 Bloemfontein
South Africa · pop. 747,431
🇲🇿 Nampula
Mozambique · pop. 743,125
🇿🇦 Pretoria
South Africa · pop. 741,651
🇺🇦 Lviv
Ukraine · pop. 724,314
🇺🇦 Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine · pop. 722,713
Sudan · pop. 700,000
🇿🇼 Bulawayo
Zimbabwe · pop. 699,385
🇨🇩 Goma
DR Congo · pop. 670,000
🇬🇷 Athens
Greece · pop. 664,046
🇫🇮 Helsinki
Finland · pop. 658,864
🇪🇬 Suez
Egypt · pop. 650,900
🇱🇻 Riga
Latvia · pop. 632,614

IANA time zones currently at GMT+2

12 IANA identifiers match this offset right now.

Africa/Blantyre Africa/Bujumbura Africa/Cairo Africa/Gaborone Africa/Harare Africa/Johannesburg Africa/Juba Africa/Khartoum Africa/Kigali Africa/Lubumbashi Africa/Lusaka Africa/Maputo

More GMT offsets

Or browse the UTC-form URLs: UTC+2 — same clock.

Frequently asked about GMT+2

What time is it at GMT+2 right now?

It is currently 18:07 on Thursday, 12 November 2026 at GMT+02:00. GMT+2 is a fixed UTC offset that does not observe Daylight Saving Time.

Which countries observe GMT+2?

27 countries currently have their primary civil clock at GMT+2. The list shifts twice a year for regions that observe Daylight Saving Time. See the "Countries currently at GMT+2" section above for the live list.

What's the difference between GMT+2 and UTC+2?

Functionally none — GMT and UTC are aligned to within a fraction of a second. UTC is the modern atomic-clock-based standard; GMT is the older astronomical Greenwich-meridian standard. For everyday timekeeping they are interchangeable, so GMT+2 and UTC+2 resolve to the same wall-clock time.