Also known as: ECT – European Central Time, CET – Central Europe Time

Europe: CET is currently not observed because locations are on summer time / daylight saving time and are observing CEST.

Time zone map of CET
Currently observing CET.
Observes CET part of the year.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +1).
Currently observing CET – Central European Time.
Observes CET – Central European Time part of the year, but not currently.
Currently has same time zone offset as CET (UTC +1) but different time zone name.

Central European Time (CET) is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: Europe, Africa.

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Where and When is CET Observed?

Europe

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

  • 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

Africa

African countries using CET all year:

  • Algeria
  • Tunisia

Other Time Zones in UTC +1

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

  • A – Alfa Time Zone
  • BST – British Summer Time
  • IST – Irish Standard Time
  • WAT – West Africa Time
  • WEST – Western European Summer Time
  • WST – Western Sahara Summer Time

CET time now

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UTC – Coordinated

Universal Time is the common time standard across the world.

Time Zones Map

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