Also known as: CEDT – Central European Daylight Time, ECST – European Central Summer Time

Time zone map of CEST
Currently observing CEST.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +2).
Currently observing CEST – Central European Summer Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as CEST (UTC +2) but different time zone name.

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: Europe, Antarctica.

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Where and When is CEST Observed?

Europe

European countries using CEST in the summer and CET in the winter:

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark (mainland)
  • France
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Holy See/Vatican City
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Kosovo
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia, Republic of
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain - except Canary Islands, which are on WET/WEST
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

Antarctica

Locations in Antarctica using CEST in the winter and GMT in the summer:

  • Troll Station

Other Time Zones in UTC +2

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CEST, but can be found under a different name:

  • B – Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT – Central Africa Time
  • EET – Eastern European Time
  • IST – Israel Standard Time
  • SAST – South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST – West Africa Summer Time

CEST time now

00:00:00

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UTC – Coordinated

Universal Time is the common time standard across the world.

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