Palestine Delays DST Start in 2024 and 2025
By Sara Kornberg and Mathew Gundersen. Published 30-Jan-2024
In 2024 and 2025, Palestine will start Daylight Saving Time (DST) one week later than previously announced.
Sunrise over Bethlehem in 2016. Palestine starts DST on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
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Updated DST Schedule in Palestine
Clocks will be set forward 1 hour:
- Saturday, April 20, from 02:00 (2 am)
to 03:00 (3 am) local time.
Clocks will be set back 1 hour:
- Saturday, October 26, from 02:00 (2 am),
to 01:00 (1 am) local time.
Palestinian time change in detail
Standard Time During Ramadan and Eid
Based on the recommendations from The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Palestinian government has decided to delay the start of Daylight Saving Time in 2024 and 2025.
This moves the DST entry date further away from the month of Ramadan and the Eid ul Fitr holiday (the latter marks the end of Ramadan).
DST Also Delayed in 2025
The Palestinian government also announced that the date for 2025 will be delayed by one week:
Clocks will be set forward 1 hour:
- Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 02:00 (2 am)
to 03:00 (3 am) local time.
Clocks will be set back 1 hour:
- Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 02:00 (2 am),
to 01:00 (1 am) local time
2025: Palestinian time change in detail
This is not the first year the Palestinian government has moved DST dates around—the same happened in 2020, 2021, and 2023.
Time in Palestine
Palestine’s standard time is Eastern European Time (EET). EET has a UTC offset of plus 2 hours (UTC+2).
During DST, Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is used in Palestine. EEST has a UTC offset of plus 3 hours (UTC+3).