CET/CEST: Central European Time

Central European Time, UTC+1 right now. Used in Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027.

CET · Central European Time

CET

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

UTC+1

Abbreviation
CET/CEST
Full name
Central European Time
UTC offset now
UTC+1
Standard time
UTC+1
Daylight time
UTC+2
Daylight saving
Yes
Reference zone
Europe/Berlin
Where
Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid

Daylight saving time in CET

  • DST ended

    Sun, Oct 25, 2026

    Clocks went back 1 hour

  • DST starts

    Sun, Mar 28, 2027

    Clocks go forward 1 hour

  • Winter

    UTC+1

    CET

  • Summer

    UTC+2

    CEST

CET is the standard time; in summer the zone is on CEST, UTC+2. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027.

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Countries and cities on CET

Where Central European Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone. Open a city for its clock, sunrise and sunset, and the time difference to the rest of the world.

Countries using CET
CityLocal timeCompared to CET
GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, MunichTue 10:00 AMSame time
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, ValenciaTue 10:00 AMSame time
ItalyRome, Milan, NaplesTue 10:00 AMSame time
AlgeriaAlgiers, Oran, ConstantineTue 10:00 AMSame time
FranceParis, Marseille, LyonTue 10:00 AMSame time
PolandWarsaw, Kraków, WrocławTue 10:00 AMSame time
SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, MalmöTue 10:00 AMSame time
AustriaVienna, Graz, LinzTue 10:00 AMSame time
HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, SzegedTue 10:00 AMSame time
The NetherlandsRotterdam, Amsterdam, The HagueTue 10:00 AMSame time
CzechiaPrague, Brno, OstravaTue 10:00 AMSame time
BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp, GhentTue 10:00 AMSame time
SerbiaBelgrade, Niš, Novi SadTue 10:00 AMSame time
DenmarkCopenhagen, Aarhus, OdenseTue 10:00 AMSame time
NorwayOslo, Bergen, TrondheimTue 10:00 AMSame time
TunisiaTunis, Sfax, SousseTue 10:00 AMSame time
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo, Banja Luka, ZenicaTue 10:00 AMSame time
CroatiaZagreb, Split, RijekaTue 10:00 AMSame time
KosovoPristina, Prizren, MitrovicëTue 10:00 AMSame time
SwitzerlandZurich, Geneva, BaselTue 10:00 AMSame time
SlovakiaBratislava, Košice, PetržalkaTue 10:00 AMSame time
AlbaniaTirana, Durrës, VlorëTue 10:00 AMSame time
North MacedoniaSkopje, Kumanovo, PrilepTue 10:00 AMSame time
SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, CeljeTue 10:00 AMSame time
MontenegroPodgorica, Nikšić, Herceg NoviTue 10:00 AMSame time
LuxembourgLuxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, DudelangeTue 10:00 AMSame time
MaltaSan Pawl il-Baħar, Birkirkara, MostaTue 10:00 AMSame time
AndorraAndorra la Vella, les EscaldesTue 10:00 AMSame time
MonacoMonacoTue 10:00 AMSame time
GibraltarGibraltarTue 10:00 AMSame time
LiechtensteinVaduzTue 10:00 AMSame time
San MarinoSan MarinoTue 10:00 AMSame time
Svalbard and Jan MayenLongyearbyenTue 10:00 AMSame time
VaticanVatican CityTue 10:00 AMSame time

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Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.