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Summer time 2024-2025 in Israel (Daylight Saving) – when does it start, how to switch and more information

Summer time in Israel occurs at times when there are more hours of the day than at night, in order to adjust more activity during daylight hours compared to night hours. Start and end dates are determined in accordance with the provisions of the law.

The purpose of the article is to provide an explanation on the subject.

What is summer time?

Summer time (Daylight saving time), and in particular summer time in Israel, is the time in Israel during the summer period, depending on the adjusted universe time (UTC). According to the law, in Israel, there is an obligation to introduce 2 times (clocks) which are summer saving time and winter time.

Various data and studies in Israel and around the world have found that daylight saving time saves energy by adapting it to a longer time of activity during daylight hours and even during cooler hours. In addition, this time brings high convenience among the general public.

Time in Israel is based on Coordinated Universal Time – UTC (INPL). That is, the accepted time base in the world for matters related to law and justice, as well as for international coordination, is based on the rate of the atomic time change, while adapting to the motion of the earth.

Daylight saving time in Israel precedes coordinated universe time by 3 hours, which means that time in Israel in summer is UTC+3.

Summer time dates

The law in Israel determines when summer time begins (when we switch to it) and when it ends and we switch to winter time.

By definition, summer time applies between the Friday before the last Sunday in March at 02:00 and the last Sunday in October at 02:00.

The following are the dates by years in Israel:

YearStart dateEnd date
Summer time 2025Friday 28.03.2025 at 02:00Sunday 26.10.2025 at 02:00
Summer time 2024Friday 29.03.2024 at 02:00Sunday 27.10.2024 at 02:00
Summer time 2023Friday 24.03.2023 at 02:00Sunday 29.10.2023 at 02:00
Summer time 2022Friday 25.03.2022 at 02:00Sunday 30.10.2022 at 02:00
Summer time 2021Friday 26.03.2021 at 02:00Sunday 31.10.2021 at 02:00
Summer time 2020Friday 27.03.2020 at 02:00Sunday 25.10.2020 at 02:00
Summer time 2019Friday 29.03.2019 at 02:00Sunday 27.10.2019 at 02:00
Start and end dates of summer time in Israel

Switching to summer time

Time in Israel in relation to the coordinated time of the universe, based on winter time (UTC+2). Thus, when there is summer time, we should switch to it.

At times when it is summer time, the time is one hour earlier compared to winter time and therefore we move to a universal time which is UTC+3.

In other words, at the time of switching and switching from winter time to summer time – the time moves one hour forward. That is, from 02:00 to 03:00.

More info

  • Many digital devices that are connected to the network (Internet) usually switch to this watch automatically without the need for any action.
  • For mobile and communication devices, make sure that the time is set according to the communication network of the mobile operator, to switch automatically to this clock (usually, found in the device settings).
  • Winter time in Israel.

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