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Time in Geneva, Switzerland now

03:11:59

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, week 14

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Geneva switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:17 ↓ 20:02 (12h 46m) - More info - Make Geneva time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Geneva

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 Geneva 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 Geneva can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Geneva is Europe/Zurich.

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 02:00 to 03:00 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 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Geneva

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 Geneva

Sunrise: 07:17
Sunset: 20:02
Day length: 12h 46m
Solar noon: 13:40
The current local time in Geneva is 100 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Geneva on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 46.20. Longitude: 6.15
Population: 202,000

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Best restaurants in Geneva

#1 Madame Coutance - Contemporary and vegetarian options food
#2 Bologne - European and french food
#3 Brasserie Lipp - European and french food

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