The time difference between Chennai and Cairo is 2 hours and 30 minutes. When it is 12:00 noon in Chennai, it is 09:30 in Cairo. Chennai uses the Asia/Kolkata time zone (UTC+5:30), while Cairo uses Africa/Cairo (UTC+3).
There are 5 overlapping business hours between Chennai and Cairo (assuming 9:00–17:00 in each city). The ideal window for calls and meetings is:
Use this table to quickly convert any hour from Chennai time to Cairo time. Rows highlighted in green indicate overlapping business hours in both cities.
| Chennai | Cairo | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 21:30 (-1 day) | Night |
| 01:00 | 22:30 (-1 day) | Night |
| 02:00 | 23:30 (-1 day) | Night |
| 03:00 | 00:30 | Night |
| 04:00 | 01:30 | Night |
| 05:00 | 02:30 | Night |
| 06:00 | 03:30 | |
| 07:00 | 04:30 | |
| 08:00 | 05:30 | |
| 09:00 | 06:30 | |
| 10:00 | 07:30 | |
| 11:00 | 08:30 | |
| 12:00 | 09:30 | Overlap |
| 13:00 | 10:30 | Overlap |
| 14:00 | 11:30 | Overlap |
| 15:00 | 12:30 | Overlap |
| 16:00 | 13:30 | Overlap |
| 17:00 | 14:30 | |
| 18:00 | 15:30 | |
| 19:00 | 16:30 | |
| 20:00 | 17:30 | |
| 21:00 | 18:30 | |
| 22:00 | 19:30 | Night |
| 23:00 | 20:30 | Night |
Cairo is currently observing daylight saving time, while Chennai is on standard time. When Cairo switches back to standard time, the difference between these two cities will shift by 1 hour.
The time difference is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Cairo is 2 hours and 30 minutes behind Chennai.
Yes. One of these cities observes DST while the other does not, so the difference shifts by 1 hour when DST begins or ends.
The best window is between 11:30 and 17:00 Chennai time, which corresponds to 09:00–14:30 in Cairo. Both sides fall within normal business hours.
Subtract 2 hours and 30 minutes from Chennai time to get Cairo time. Use the hour-by-hour table above for a quick reference.
For sunrise and sunset data, visit TheSunsetTimes.com. For detailed DST schedules, see DaylightSavingTime.info.