Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Friday, October 16, 2026
Right now in Paris: CEST (UTC+2)
Fixed CEST (UTC+2): 7:59 PM
CEST (UTC+2) is in effect now. During daylight saving time these places switch to a summer offset; conversions on this site always follow the current local time.
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7:59 PM in CET/CEST, Friday, October 16, 2026
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Places on UTC+2 right now
Cities whose local time currently equals UTC+2, including places on daylight saving time.
- JohannesburgSouth Africa
- BerlinGermany
- MadridSpain
- RomeItaly
- ParisFrance
- WarsawPoland
- StockholmSweden
- AmsterdamThe Netherlands
- BudapestHungary
- ViennaAustria
- BelgradeSerbia
- PragueCzechia
- CopenhagenDenmark
- OsloNorway
- ZurichSwitzerland
- BrusselsBelgium
- ZagrebCroatia
- KaliningradRussia
- LusakaZambia
- KhartoumSudan
- HarareZimbabwe
- TripoliLibya
- MaputoMozambique
- KigaliRwanda
- LilongweMalawi
- LubumbashiDR Congo
- SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina
- SkopjeNorth Macedonia
- JubaSouth Sudan
- BratislavaSlovakia
- TiranaAlbania
- WindhoekNamibia
- BujumburaBurundi
- MaseruLesotho
- LjubljanaSlovenia
- GaboroneBotswana
- PodgoricaMontenegro
- MbabaneEswatini
- MelillaSpain
- Andorra la VellaAndorra
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Questions and answers
What is CEST?
CEST stands for Central European Summer Time, a time zone at UTC+2.
Is it CEST right now?
Yes, CEST is in effect now.
What is the difference between CEST and UTC?
CEST is 2 hours ahead of UTC.
Where is CEST used?
CEST is used in: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Czechia, Hungary.