Sharm el-Sheikh Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Sharm el-Sheikhprayer times are calculated based on the city's precise geographic coordinates (27.9158°N, 34.3300°E) using the Egyptian calculation method — the standard followed by most mosques in Egypt. Times shown are for today's date and update automatically at midnight.

The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha — are calculated from the sun's position relative to Sharm el-Sheikh's latitude and longitude. As the sun's declination changes throughout the year, prayer times shift by several minutes each day. This is why a Sharm el-Sheikh prayer time calendar for the full month is shown below — so you can plan ahead without checking daily.

How Sharm el-Sheikh's prayer times are worked out

Sharm el-Sheikh sits 911 km (566 miles) from the Kaaba in Mecca, so the Qibla from here is 141° from true north — you face southeast to pray. Fajr and Isha depend on how far the sun drops below the horizon, and Egypt follows the Egyptian method set by the Egyptian General Authority of Survey: Fajr begins when the sun is 19.5° below the horizon, and Isha when it reaches 17.5°. A city that used ISNA's 15° instead would get a noticeably different Fajr — which is why the method, not just the coordinates, decides the answer.

Day length is what really moves the timetable in Sharm el-Sheikh. Measured with the Egyptian method, the longest daily fast here — from Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 15h 37m around June, while the shortest is roughly 11h 53m in December: a swing of 3h 44m across the year. That spread is set by Sharm el-Sheikh's latitude (27.92°N); cities nearer the equator barely vary, while far-northern ones swing by many hours.

One local quirk worth knowing: Dhuhr in Sharm el-Sheikh does not fall at 12:00. Because the city sits well east within its Africa/Cairo time zone, the sun peaks about 9 minutes before clock noon, and Dhuhr follows the sun rather than the clock — today it is at 12:50 PM. The nearest cities we also publish times for are Hurghada, Safaga, Aqaba — close enough that their times differ from Sharm el-Sheikh's by only a few minutes.