What is the time zone of Jordan?
Jordan is in the Eastern European Time zone. All places including the capital Amman and touristic places such as Petra have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country does observe daylight savings so there are two different clocks depending on the time of the year.
- Eastern European Time (EET): +2:00 UTC (ahead)
- Eastern European Summer Time (EEST): +3:00 UTC (ahead)
Travel to neighboring provinces and countries
These are the times differences if you travel outside of Jordan.
To Israel: When travelling to Israel you will enter the Israel Time zone, but there is no time difference
To Syria: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To State of Palestine: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Saudi Arabia: You will enter the Arabia Time zone
- November to March: +1:00 hour (ahead)
- March to October: no time difference
To Egypt: Egypt is in the Eastern European Time zone but does not observe daylights savings:
- November to March: no time difference
- March to October: -1:00 hour (behind)
To Iraq: You will enter the Eastern European Time zone:
- November to March: +1:00 hour (ahead)
- March to October: no time difference
Jordan Daylight Savings Time (DST)
It starts on the last Friday in March and ends on the last Friday in October. In February the clock is moved forward from 00.00 am to 01.00 am (so you will lose an hour of sleep during the night). While in October it’s reversed as the clock is moved backward from 01.00 am to 00.00 am and you will gain an extra hour of sleep. One way of remembering the movement sequence is that clocks “spring forward and fall back”.
Other Middle Eastern countries
You can check out information and maps of other Middle Eastern countries by clicking on the below links.
| Eastern European Time & Israel Time | Arabia Standard Time & Turkey Time | Iran Standard Time | Gulf Standard Time |
| Cyprus | Bahrain | Iran | Oman |
| Egypt * | Iraq | United Arab Emirates | |
| Israel | Kuwait | Abu Dhabi | |
| Jordan | Qatar | Ajman | |
| Lebanon | Saudi Arabia | Dubai | |
| State of Palestine | Turkey | Fujairah | |
| Syria | Yemen | Ras Al Khaimah | |
| Sharjah | |||
| Umm Al Quwain | |||
| * no daylight savings |