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Time in Lugano, Switzerland now

05:47:18

Tuesday, April 1, 2025, week 14

April Fools' Day

Lugano switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 30. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:02 ↓ 19:54 (12h 52m) - More info - Make Lugano time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lugano

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 3 hours and 30 minutes behind Kalyān

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Lugano is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind the time in Kalyān when Lugano is on standard time, and 3 hours and 30 minutes behind the time in Kalyān when Lugano is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lugano 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 Lugano

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 Lugano

Sunrise: 07:02
Sunset: 19:54
Day length: 12h 52m
Solar noon: 13:28
The current local time in Lugano is 88 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lugano on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 46.010. Longitude: 8.960
Population: 63,000

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Best restaurants in Lugano

#1 Staglio - La pizza al taglio - Pizza and vegetarian options food
#2 Badalucci Taste Of Art - Ristorante specialità pesce - Italian and mediterranean food
#3 Ristorante META - Mediterranean and italian food
#4 Ristorante Motto del Gallo - Italian and mediterranean food

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