EET/EEST: Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time, UTC+2 right now. Used in Athens, Helsinki, Kyiv, Bucharest. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
EET · Eastern European Time
EET
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+2
- Abbreviation
- EET/EEST
- Full name
- Eastern European Time
- UTC offset now
- UTC+2
- Standard time
- UTC+2
- Daylight time
- UTC+3
- Daylight saving
- Yes
- Reference zone
Europe/Athens- Where
- Athens, Helsinki, Kyiv, Bucharest
Daylight saving time in EET
DST ended
Sun, Oct 25, 2026
Clocks went back 1 hour
DST starts
Sun, Mar 28, 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour
Winter
UTC+2
EET
Summer
UTC+3
EEST
EET is the standard time; in summer the zone is on EEST, UTC+3. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
Countries and cities on EET
Where Eastern 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.
| City | Local time | Compared to EET |
|---|---|---|
| EgyptCairo, Alexandria, Giza | Tue 12:00 PM | +1h (ahead) |
| UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| RomaniaBucharest, Iaşi, Constanţa | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| LibyaTripoli, Benghazi, Misratah | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| LebanonBeirut, Tripoli, Sidon | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| BulgariaSofia, Plovdiv, Varna | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| FinlandHelsinki, Espoo, Tampere | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki, Patras | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| LithuaniaVilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| MoldovaChisinau, Tiraspol, Bălţi | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| LatviaRiga, Daugavpils, Liepāja | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| Palestinian TerritoryGaza, Khān Yūnis, Jabālyā | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| RussiaKaliningrad, Chernyakhovsk, Sovetsk | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| EstoniaTallinn, Tartu, Narva | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| CyprusNicosia, Limassol, Larnaca | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
| Aland IslandsMariehamn | Tue 11:00 AM | Same time |
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in Eastern European Time (EET, or EEST in summer), following the rules of the Europe/Athens time zone. It is UTC+2 at the moment.
EET stands for Eastern European Time. It is used in Athens, Helsinki, Kyiv, Bucharest.
EET is UTC+2. During daylight saving time the same places are on EEST, UTC+3.
EET is the standard time; in summer the zone is on EEST, UTC+3. Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
Other time zones
- UTCThe world's reference time
- GMTUTC+0 all year
- EST/EDTUS & Canada
- CST/CDTUS
- MST/MDTUS & Canada
- PST/PDTUS & Canada
- AKST/AKDTAlaska
- HSTHawaii
- AST/ADTAtlantic Canada & the Caribbean
- NST/NDTNewfoundland
- GMT/BSTUnited Kingdom
- WET/WESTPortugal & the Canary Islands
- CET/CESTBerlin
- MSKMoscow
- TRTTürkiye
- EATNairobi
- CATMaputo
- SASTSouth Africa
- WATLagos
- ASTSaudi Arabia
- GSTUAE & Oman
- IRSTIran
- PKTPakistan
- ISTIndia
- IST/IDTIsrael
- GMT/ISTIreland
- NPTNepal
- BSTBangladesh
- ICTThailand
- WIBJakarta
- CSTChina
- HKTHong Kong
- SGTSingapore
- MYTMalaysia
- PHTPhilippines
- AWSTPerth
- JSTJapan
- KSTSouth Korea
- ACST/ACDTAdelaide
- AEST/AEDTSydney
- NZST/NZDTNew Zealand
- BRTSão Paulo
- ARTArgentina
- CST/CDTCuba
- SSTAmerican Samoa
- AoEUTC−12 all year
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.