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Time in Bulgaria now

05:56:51PM

Monday, 30 December, 2024, week 1

Sun: ↑ 07:47AM ↓ 04:56PM (9h 9m) - More info - Make Bulgaria time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Bulgaria

UTC +2

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

From 30 March 2025: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
The time in Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bulgaria is Europe/Sofia.

Sunday October 27 2024

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 30 2025

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 Bulgaria

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 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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Bulgaria on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 110,910 km²
Capital: Sofia
Currency: Lev (BGN)
Calling code: +359
Internet top level domain: .bg
Latitude: 42.67. Longitude: 25.25
Population: 7,000,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Bulgaria 1901-2021

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