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Time in European Union now

12:33:42PM

Saturday, 2 May, 2026, week 18

European Union has 4 time zones. The time zone for the capital Brussels is used here.
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Time zone info for European Union

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in European Union is normally 6 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 European Union can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for European Union is Europe/Brussels.

Sunday March 29 2026

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 25 2026

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 European Union

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
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
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	+8 hours

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European Union on the map

Latitude: 50.84. Longitude: 4.38
Population: 448,388,000

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