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Time in Italy now

 
 
Friday, March 27, 2026
Italy switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:59AM ↓ 06:29PM (12h 29m) - More info - Make Italy time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Italy

UTC +1
Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York
Sunday October 26 2025
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 29 2026
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 Italy

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
Lagos0
Paris0
Zurich0
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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Italy on the map

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Annual average temperatures
for Italy 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 50 largest cities in
Italy

Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica Ancona Andria Bari Barletta Bergamo Bologna Bolzano Brescia Cagliari Catania Como Ferrara Florence Foggia Forlì Genoa La Spezia Livorno Lucca Messina Mestre Milan Modena Monza Naples Novara Padua Palermo Parma Perugia Pescara Piacenza Prato Ravenna Reggio Calabria Reggio Emilia Rimini Rome Salerno Sassari Syracuse Taranto Terni Torre del Greco Trieste Turin Udine Verona Vicenza