Timezone Insight
The timezone in Nicosia is Asia/Nicosia (GMT+3).
Its current offset is GMT+03:00 (GMT+3).
What is the Timezone of Nicosia?
Detailed facts, current offset, DST status, and real-time data for the Asia/Nicosia timezone used by Nicosia, Cyprus.
IANA Timezone Data
How to convert from Asia/Nicosia to UTC
Converting a time from Asia/Nicosia to UTC is straightforward:
For example, if it is 12:00 in Nicosia, it is 09:00 UTC.
To convert the other way (UTC to Nicosia), add +3 hours to the UTC time. The offset changes by ±1 hour during daylight saving transitions in spring and fall.
About the Asia/Nicosia timezone
Asia/Nicosia is an IANA time zone identifier — the canonical, globally unique name for the civil time observed in Nicosia, Cyprus. Every operating system, programming language, and calendar product that supports time zones recognises this string and uses it to compute the correct local time for any given moment.
IANA time zones are maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and track the historical, current, and planned future civil time of every region — including daylight saving time (DST) transitions, country-level changes, and historical anomalies. This is why software like macOS, Linux, Windows, and major cloud services all use the same identifiers.
Related time zones in the Asia region
Asia/DubaiAsia/KolkataAsia/BangkokAsia/SingaporeAsia/Hong_KongAsia/Shanghai
Related tools
- See the current local time in Nicosia.
- Use the Nicosia vs London time difference calculator.
- Check how many hours of daylight Nicosia gets today.
- See the sunrise & sunset times in Nicosia.