Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Central European Time (CEST)
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
Standard: UTC+01:00
Daylight Saving Time
DST Active
CET / CEST
Next Clock Change
Oct 25, 2026
Clocks back
Region
Europe
5 major cities
About Central European Time
Central European Time (CEST) is a time zone that is ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by 02:00 hours. During standard time, the offset changes to UTC+01:00.
Major cities using this timezone include Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne. These cities follow Central European for their local time, making it easy to coordinate meetings and communications across the region.
Central European Time observes Daylight Saving Time (DST). The next clock change will occur on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when clocks will fall back (move behind) by one hour.
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About Central European Time (CET)
Central European Time (CET) is a time zone with a UTC offset of +02:00. The IANA identifier is Europe/Berlin. Live time displayed here updates every second and accounts for any active Daylight Saving Time.
Use the converter above to translate CET times into your local clock, or jump to one of the popular pair conversions below to see CET relative to other major timezones.
Right now Europe/Berlin is UTC+02:00 (daylight saving active). Standard-time offset: UTC+01:00.
Next DST change: Sunday, October 25, 2026 — clocks fall back from +02:00 to +01:00. Currently on daylight saving time (UTC+02:00).
Major Cities Using CET
These cities observe Central European Time either year-round or as their standard non-DST baseline.
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