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Time in Basel, Switzerland now

10:30:16pm

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Basel switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 30. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:12AM ↓ 06:57PM (12h 45m) - More info - Make Basel time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Basel

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 30 March 2025: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Basel is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Basel can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Basel is Europe/Zurich.

Sunday October 27 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 30 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Basel

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Basel

Sunrise: 06:12AM
Sunset: 06:57PM
Day length: 12h 45m
Solar noon: 12:34PM
The current local time in Basel is 34 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Basel on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 47.56. Longitude: 7.57
Population: 164,000

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Best restaurants in Basel

#1 HERITAGE Basel - European and vegetarian options food
#2 Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl - European and french food
#3 Restaurant Stucki - Tanja Grandits - Swiss and vegetarian options food
#4 roots - European and central european food

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