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Time in Bucharest, Romania now

08:04:29PM

Friday, 27 March, 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Bucharest switches to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:06AM ↓ 06:36PM (12h 31m) - More info - Make Bucharest time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Bucharest

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
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 October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Bucharest

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
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bucharest

Sunrise: 06:06AM
Sunset: 06:36PM
Day length: 12h 31m
Solar noon: 12:21PM
The current local time in Bucharest is 21 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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