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Time in Bucharest, Romania now

23:57:29

Thursday, 1. October 2026, week 40

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Sun: ↑ 07:13 ↓ 18:57 (11h 44m) - More info - Make Bucharest time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bucharest

UTC +3

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

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Bucharest is 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when Bucharest is on standard time, and 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when Bucharest is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bucharest is Europe/Bucharest.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Bucharest

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+7 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bucharest

Sunrise: 07:13
Sunset: 18:57
Day length: 11h 44m
Solar noon: 13:05
The current local time in Bucharest is 65 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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