Convert UTC to Beirut time: when it is 12:00 UTC it is 14:00 in Beirut in January and 15:00 in July. Beirut is on UTC+02:00 in standard time and UTC+03:00 in daylight saving time. The full 24-hour conversion table is below, and the UTC converter does the conversion live for any date and time.
Try the tool: UTC Converter — convert any UTC time to Beirut time, or Beirut time back to UTC, with the offset shown.
Current UTC time and the time in Beirut
UTC is the world's reference time — it never observes daylight saving, and every other time zone is defined as an offset from it. The table shows four reference instants and what time they are in Beirut, in January and in July.
| UTC | Beirut in January | Beirut in July |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 |
If the January and July columns are the same, Beirut's offset does not change — it does not observe daylight saving. If they differ by an hour, that hour is daylight saving, and the Beirut DST 2026 page gives the exact dates. The world clock shows the current time in Beirut live, and the time in Beirut page explains the city's time zone in full.
Beirut's offset from UTC
Beirut is on UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer, when daylight saving is in effect.
| Period | Offset | In effect |
|---|---|---|
| Standard time | UTC+02:00 | Late autumn to early spring |
| Daylight saving time | UTC+03:00 | From 29 March 2026 to 24 October 2026 in 2026 |
| Right now (11 November 2026) | UTC+02:00 | Standard time is in effect |
The offset is the only number you need. To convert UTC to Beirut time, add the offset. To convert Beirut time to UTC, subtract it. The offset to use is the one in effect on the date you are converting — not today's offset, and not the offset you remember from last summer. The converter on this page's tool does that for you: enter the UTC time and the date, and it looks up the offset from the IANA database for that date.
UTC to Beirut — full conversion table
Every hour of the day, converted from UTC to Beirut local time. The January column uses the winter offset (UTC+02:00); the July column uses the summer offset (UTC+03:00). Where the columns differ by an hour, that is daylight saving.
| UTC | Beirut (January) | Beirut (July) |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 |
| 22:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 23:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 |
Use the table by finding the UTC hour in the first column and reading across. Note the date change: a UTC time late in the evening is the next day in Beirut when the offset is positive and large — 22:00 UTC is 00:00 the next day in Beirut in January — and a UTC time early in the morning is the previous day in Beirut when the offset is negative. The date matters as much as the time: a meeting at 02:00 UTC on Tuesday is a Monday evening meeting in the Americas.
When the offset changes
The offset changes twice a year. In 2026 the clocks go forward on Sunday, 29 March 2026 and back on Saturday, 24 October 2026; in 2027 the clocks go forward on Sunday, 28 March 2027 and back on Saturday, 30 October 2027. The offset moves from UTC+02:00 to UTC+03:00 and back again. On the change days themselves, the hour from 02:00 to 03:00 does not exist in spring and happens twice in autumn, so do not schedule anything for 02:30 on those dates.
Beirut time to UTC
The reverse conversion — Beirut local time back to UTC — is the same table read backwards. Six examples, for January:
| Beirut local | UTC (January) | UTC (July) |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 06:00 | 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 | 18:00 |
The reverse table is the one to use when you are telling someone in another time zone when something happens in Beirut. A flight that departs Beirut at 09:00 local time departs at 07:00 UTC in January — and that UTC time is what the airline's systems, the air traffic controllers and the arrival airport all use. The flight time calculator works out the arrival time as well, including the date change.
Scheduling with UTC-based teams
Teams that work in UTC — software teams, aviation, shipping, scientific collaborations — schedule in UTC precisely because it never changes. If your team works in UTC, the time in Beirut is UTC plus UTC+02:00 in January and UTC plus UTC+03:00 in July, and the only question is which of those applies on the meeting date. Put the UTC time in the invitation as well as the local time, and nobody has to convert.
The practical working hours for a UTC-based team and Beirut are: 09:00–17:00 in Beirut is 07:00–15:00 UTC in January and 06:00–14:00 UTC in July. A meeting at 14:00 UTC is 16:00 in Beirut in January — inside the working day — and 17:00 in July. A meeting at 08:00 UTC is 10:00 in Beirut in January, which is before the working day starts. The meeting planner finds the overlap for any two cities, and the meeting time finder finds it for a whole team.
Frequently asked questions
What time is it in Beirut when it is 12:00 UTC?
It is 14:00 in January and 15:00 in July. The difference is daylight saving.
What is Beirut's offset from UTC?
Beirut is on UTC+02:00 in standard time and UTC+03:00 in daylight saving time.
How do I convert UTC to Beirut time?
Add Beirut's offset to the UTC time: UTC+02:00 in January, UTC+03:00 in July. The UTC converter does it for any date, and the table above covers every hour.
Does Beirut observe daylight saving time?
Yes — in 2026 the clocks go forward on Sunday, 29 March 2026 and back on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
What date is it in Beirut when it is 22:00 UTC?
It is the next day: 22:00 UTC is 00:00 the following day in Beirut in January (and 01:00 in July). The date change is the part of UTC conversion people most often forget.
What time zone is Beirut in?
Beirut is in the IANA time zone Asia/Beirut, in Lebanon. See the time in Beirut page for the full explanation.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - TimeFlow's UTC converter and world clock — the live tools behind the numbers on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.