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CEST: Central European Summer Time

CEST is UTC+2: 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Most of continental Europe from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October.

Current time at UTC+2
CEST4:08 PMThu, Oct 22
UTC2:08 PMThu, Oct 22

Calculated from your device clock. Shown at the fixed CEST offset, whether or not a particular place is using it today.

Is CEST in use right now?

Paris switches between CEST and CET during the year.

Next change in Paris: Sunday, October 25, 2026, to UTC+1 (CET). Based on time zone rules at build time.

Full name
Central European Summer Time
UTC offset
UTC+2ISO 8601: +02:00
Type
Daylight (summer) time
Winter counterpart
CET · UTC+1
Example IANA zone
Europe/Paris

Where and when CEST is used in 2026

Calculated for the cities in our directory from the IANA time zone database. Dates are local; each change happens in the early morning of the date shown.

CityIANA zoneOn CEST (UTC+2)
ParisEurope/ParisMar 29 – Oct 25
BerlinEurope/BerlinMar 29 – Oct 25
MadridEurope/MadridMar 29 – Oct 25
AmsterdamEurope/AmsterdamMar 29 – Oct 25
RomeEurope/RomeMar 29 – Oct 25

CEST conversion table

Every hour of the day in CEST, converted at fixed offsets. To convert local time in a specific city, use the city instead: its offset may change with the date.

CEST (UTC+2)UTC (UTC+0)BST (UTC+1)EDT (UTC−4)PDT (UTC−7)IST (UTC+5:30)JST (UTC+9)
12:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day11:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day3:00 PMprevious day3:30 AM7:00 AM
1:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day12:00 AM7:00 PMprevious day4:00 PMprevious day4:30 AM8:00 AM
2:00 AM12:00 AM1:00 AM8:00 PMprevious day5:00 PMprevious day5:30 AM9:00 AM
3:00 AM1:00 AM2:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day6:00 PMprevious day6:30 AM10:00 AM
4:00 AM2:00 AM3:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day7:00 PMprevious day7:30 AM11:00 AM
5:00 AM3:00 AM4:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day8:00 PMprevious day8:30 AM12:00 PM
6:00 AM4:00 AM5:00 AM12:00 AM9:00 PMprevious day9:30 AM1:00 PM
7:00 AM5:00 AM6:00 AM1:00 AM10:00 PMprevious day10:30 AM2:00 PM
8:00 AM6:00 AM7:00 AM2:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day11:30 AM3:00 PM
9:00 AM7:00 AM8:00 AM3:00 AM12:00 AM12:30 PM4:00 PM
10:00 AM8:00 AM9:00 AM4:00 AM1:00 AM1:30 PM5:00 PM
11:00 AM9:00 AM10:00 AM5:00 AM2:00 AM2:30 PM6:00 PM
12:00 PM10:00 AM11:00 AM6:00 AM3:00 AM3:30 PM7:00 PM
1:00 PM11:00 AM12:00 PM7:00 AM4:00 AM4:30 PM8:00 PM
2:00 PM12:00 PM1:00 PM8:00 AM5:00 AM5:30 PM9:00 PM
3:00 PM1:00 PM2:00 PM9:00 AM6:00 AM6:30 PM10:00 PM
4:00 PM2:00 PM3:00 PM10:00 AM7:00 AM7:30 PM11:00 PM
5:00 PM3:00 PM4:00 PM11:00 AM8:00 AM8:30 PM12:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM4:00 PM5:00 PM12:00 PM9:00 AM9:30 PM1:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM5:00 PM6:00 PM1:00 PM10:00 AM10:30 PM2:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM6:00 PM7:00 PM2:00 PM11:00 AM11:30 PM3:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM3:00 PM12:00 PM12:30 AMnext day4:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM4:00 PM1:00 PM1:30 AMnext day5:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM5:00 PM2:00 PM2:30 AMnext day6:00 AMnext day

Highlighted rows: 9 am – 5 pm in CEST.

What to know about CEST

CEST is UTC+2. A meeting written as “10:00 CET” in July is ambiguous: the sender almost certainly means 10:00 local time in Paris or Berlin, which is CEST.

Some people write “CET/CEST” or simply “Central European time” to mean whichever is in effect. A city name is clearer still.

Read more about why abbreviations need context and how daylight saving changes offsets.

Popular conversions

Local time in cities that use CEST

Other time zone abbreviations

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UTCCoordinated Universal TimeUTC+0GMTGreenwich Mean TimeUTC+0BSTBritish Summer TimeUTC+1CETCentral European TimeUTC+1ESTEastern Standard TimeUTC−5EDTEastern Daylight TimeUTC−4CSTCentral Standard Time (North America)UTC−6CDTCentral Daylight TimeUTC−5MSTMountain Standard TimeUTC−7PSTPacific Standard TimeUTC−8PDTPacific Daylight TimeUTC−7ISTIndia Standard TimeUTC+5:30JSTJapan Standard TimeUTC+9SGTSingapore TimeUTC+8GSTGulf Standard TimeUTC+4AESTAustralian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight TimeUTC+11