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Time in Basel, Switzerland now

03:14:28

Tuesday, 1. April, 2025, week 14

April Fools' Day

Basel switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 30. March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:06 ↓ 20:01 (12h 55m) - More info - Make Basel time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Basel

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
always same time as Verviers

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The IANA time zone identifier for Basel 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 02:00 to 03:00 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 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Basel

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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Basel

Sunrise: 07:06
Sunset: 20:01
Day length: 12h 55m
Solar noon: 13:33
The current local time in Basel is 93 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Basel on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 47.56. Longitude: 7.57
Population: 164,000

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Best restaurants in Basel

#1 HERITAGE Basel - European and vegetarian options food
#2 Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl - European and french food
#3 Restaurant Stucki - Tanja Grandits - Swiss and vegetarian options food
#4 roots - European and central european food

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