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

Thursday, November 5, 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.

Countries using CET
CityLocal timeCompared to CET
GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, MunichThu 2:06 AMSame time
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, ValenciaThu 2:06 AMSame time
ItalyRome, Milan, NaplesThu 2:06 AMSame time
AlgeriaAlgiers, Oran, ConstantineThu 2:06 AMSame time
FranceParis, Marseille, LyonThu 2:06 AMSame time
PolandWarsaw, Kraków, WrocławThu 2:06 AMSame time
SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, MalmöThu 2:06 AMSame time
AustriaVienna, Graz, LinzThu 2:06 AMSame time
HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, SzegedThu 2:06 AMSame time
The NetherlandsRotterdam, Amsterdam, The HagueThu 2:06 AMSame time
CzechiaPrague, Brno, OstravaThu 2:06 AMSame time
BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp, GhentThu 2:06 AMSame time
SerbiaBelgrade, Niš, Novi SadThu 2:06 AMSame time
DenmarkCopenhagen, Aarhus, OdenseThu 2:06 AMSame time
NorwayOslo, Bergen, TrondheimThu 2:06 AMSame time
TunisiaTunis, Sfax, SousseThu 2:06 AMSame time
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo, Banja Luka, ZenicaThu 2:06 AMSame time
CroatiaZagreb, Split, RijekaThu 2:06 AMSame time
KosovoPristina, Prizren, MitrovicëThu 2:06 AMSame time
SwitzerlandZurich, Geneva, BaselThu 2:06 AMSame time
SlovakiaBratislava, Košice, PetržalkaThu 2:06 AMSame time
AlbaniaTirana, Durrës, VlorëThu 2:06 AMSame time
North MacedoniaSkopje, Kumanovo, PrilepThu 2:06 AMSame time
SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, CeljeThu 2:06 AMSame time
MontenegroPodgorica, Nikšić, Herceg NoviThu 2:06 AMSame time
LuxembourgLuxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, DudelangeThu 2:06 AMSame time
MaltaSan Pawl il-Baħar, Birkirkara, MostaThu 2:06 AMSame time
AndorraAndorra la Vella, les EscaldesThu 2:06 AMSame time
MonacoMonacoThu 2:06 AMSame time
GibraltarGibraltarThu 2:06 AMSame time
LiechtensteinVaduzThu 2:06 AMSame time
San MarinoSan MarinoThu 2:06 AMSame time
Svalbard and Jan MayenLongyearbyenThu 2:06 AMSame time
VaticanVatican CityThu 2:06 AMSame time

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