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The Current Local Date and Time in Rafah, Egypt (EG)

Name: Rafah
Address: Rafah, EG

Time Zone Africa/Cairo

11:59:02

Local Time Date and Timezone

Where is Rafah? (Egypt, EG)

Rafah is a city located in Egypt (EG).
Latitude 31.28204 Longitude 34.23869

Rafah location on the Egypt (EG) map

Information about Rafah

City: Rafah
Country: Egypt (EG)
Latitude: 31.28204
Longitude: 34.23869
Time Zone: Africa/Cairo

Time zone and UTC offset ofRafah

Rafah, Egypt is in the Africa/Cairo time zone, which is currently UTC+3. This time zone observes daylight saving time (currently in effect). The next clock change is on October 29, 2026.

Current time difference with other cities

Rafah is 2 hours ahead of London
Rafah is 7 hours ahead of New York
Rafah is 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles
Rafah is 1 hour behind Dubai
Rafah is 6 hours behind Tokyo
Rafah is 8 hours behind Sydney

Frequently asked questions about time inRafah

What time zone is Rafah in?

Rafah, Egypt is in the Africa/Cairo time zone (currently UTC+3).

Does Rafah observe daylight saving time?

Yes, the clocks change during the year in this time zone.

What is the time difference between Rafah and New York?

Rafah is 7 hours ahead of New York (the difference can change when either place switches to or from daylight saving time).

What are the coordinates of Rafah?

Rafah is located at latitude 31.28204 and longitude 34.23869.

Sunrise, sunset and moon phase inRafah today

Astronomical data for October 16, 2026 in Rafah, calculated for the Africa/Cairo time zone. All times are local.

Sun

Sunrise: 06:46
Solar noon: 12:29
Sunset: 18:10
Length of day: 11 h 24 min

Moon

Moon phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 29%
Moon age: about 5.3 days
Moonrise: 12:10
Moonset: 22:01

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City of Rafah

Rafah (Arabic: رفح, romanized: Rafaḥ, pronounced [rafaħ]) is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that serves as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. Due to the Gaza war, about 1.4 million people from Gaza City and Khan Yunis, about 70% of Gaza's population, were displaced to Rafah, as of February 2024. By April 2025, most of the city had been destroyed by Israeli forces and fell under Israeli control. After the 1948 Palestine war, Egypt governed the area and refugee camps for displaced Palestinians who fled or were expelled from what became Israel were established. During the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed 111 Palestinians, including 103 refugees in the Rafah refugee camp, during the 1956 Rafah massacre. During the 1967 Six-Day War, Israeli forces re-occupied the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip after capturing them from Egypt. In the same year, IDF troops bulldozed and demolished 144 houses in the Rafah refugee camp, killing 23 Palestinians. When Israel fully withdrew from the Sinai in 1982, Rafah was split into a Gazan part and an Egyptian part, separated by barbed-wire barriers. Then, since 2000, the core of the city was destroyed by Israel, and since the 2010s also by Egypt, in order to create a large buffer zone. Rafah is the site of the Rafah Border Crossing, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Gaza's only airport, Yasser Arafat International Airport, was located just south of the city. The airport operated from 1998 to 2001, when it was destroyed by Israeli forces.
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