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

Wednesday, November 4, 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.

Countries using EET
CityLocal timeCompared to EET
EgyptCairo, Alexandria, GizaWed 9:11 PMSame time
UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, OdesaWed 9:11 PMSame time
RomaniaBucharest, Iaşi, ConstanţaWed 9:11 PMSame time
LibyaTripoli, Benghazi, MisratahWed 9:11 PMSame time
LebanonBeirut, Tripoli, SidonWed 9:11 PMSame time
BulgariaSofia, Plovdiv, VarnaWed 9:11 PMSame time
FinlandHelsinki, Espoo, TampereWed 9:11 PMSame time
GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki, PatrasWed 9:11 PMSame time
LithuaniaVilnius, Kaunas, KlaipėdaWed 9:11 PMSame time
MoldovaChisinau, Tiraspol, BălţiWed 9:11 PMSame time
LatviaRiga, Daugavpils, LiepājaWed 9:11 PMSame time
Palestinian TerritoryGaza, Khān Yūnis, JabālyāWed 9:11 PMSame time
RussiaKaliningrad, Chernyakhovsk, SovetskWed 9:11 PMSame time
EstoniaTallinn, Tartu, NarvaWed 9:11 PMSame time
CyprusNicosia, Limassol, LarnacaWed 9:11 PMSame time
Aland IslandsMariehamnWed 9:11 PMSame 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.