Meeting time
Best time to meet: Cairo and Colombo
Cairo is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Colombo right now. Their working days overlap for 4 hours 30 minutes: 9 AM to 1:30 PM in Cairo, which is 12:30 PM to 5 PM in Colombo. The easiest time to meet is 10 AM in Cairo (1:30 PM in Colombo).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Cairo time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Cairo | Colombo | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 9:30 AM | Colombo at work |
| 7 AM | 10:30 AM | Colombo at work |
| 8 AM | 11:30 AM | Colombo at work |
| 9 AM | 12:30 PM | Both at work |
| 10 AM | 1:30 PM | Easiest time |
| 11 AM | 2:30 PM | Both at work |
| 12 PM | 3:30 PM | Both at work |
| 1 PM | 4:30 PM | Both at work |
| 2 PM | 5:30 PM | Cairo at work |
| 3 PM | 6:30 PM | Cairo at work |
| 4 PM | 7:30 PM | Cairo at work |
| 5 PM | 8:30 PM | Both off |
| 6 PM | 9:30 PM | Both off |
| 7 PM | 10:30 PM | Both off |
| 8 PM | 11:30 PM | Both off |
| 9 PM | 12:30 AM next day | Both off |
| 10 PM | 1:30 AM next day | Both off |
When the clocks change
The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:
| Dates | Cairo is | Both at work (Cairo time) | Easiest (Cairo / Colombo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now to April 30, 2027 | 3 hours 30 minutes behind | 9 AM–1:30 PM (4 hours 30 minutes) | 10 AM / 1:30 PM |
| April 30, 2027 to October 28, 2027 clocks in Cairo go forward | 2 hours 30 minutes behind | 9 AM–2:30 PM (5 hours 30 minutes) | 11 AM / 1:30 PM |
| October 28, 2027 onward clocks in Cairo go back | 3 hours 30 minutes behind | 9 AM–1:30 PM (4 hours 30 minutes) | 10 AM / 1:30 PM |
Colombo keeps the same clock as Bangalore.
Which days work
Cairo works Sunday to Thursday and Colombo works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Cairo's weekend, and a Sunday one on Colombo's.
Questions people ask
12:30 PM in Colombo, while Cairo is 3 hours 30 minutes behind.
10 AM in Cairo, which is 1:30 PM in Colombo. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 1:30 PM Cairo time.
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.
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