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Time in Bucharest, Romania now

01:57:16PM

Monday, March 30, 2026

Bucharest switched to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:00AM ↓ 07:40PM (12h 40m) - More info - Make Bucharest time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bucharest

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Bucharest is normally 7 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 Bucharest can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bucharest is Europe/Bucharest.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Bucharest

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bucharest

Sunrise: 07:00AM
Sunset: 07:40PM
Day length: 12h 40m
Solar noon: 01:20PM
The current local time in Bucharest is 80 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bucharest on the map

Bucharest is the capital of Romania.
Latitude: 44.43. Longitude: 26.11
Population: 1,877,000

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