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Time in Switzerland now

09:42:41am

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Switzerland switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 30. The time was set one hour forward.
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Time zone info for Switzerland

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 2 hours ahead of San

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Switzerland is 1 hour ahead of the time in San when Switzerland is on standard time, and 2 hours ahead of the time in San when Switzerland is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Switzerland is Europe/Zurich.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Switzerland

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Switzerland on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 41,290 km²
Capital: Bern
Currency: Franc (CHF)
Calling code: +41
Internet top level domain: .ch
Latitude: 47.00. Longitude: 8.01
Population: 8,517,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Switzerland 1864-2021

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

The 24 largest cities in
Switzerland