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CEST to UTC converter

UTC is 1 hours behind CEST right now. Live clocks on both sides, a direct time input, the full 24-hour table with a permalink per hour, and the real daylight-saving state, computed from the IANA tz database on every request, never from a stored offset.

Central European Summer Time · Europe/Paris
20:36:21
Sunday, 15 November 2026 · CET · UTC+01:00
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Coordinated Universal Time · UTC
19:36:21
Sunday, 15 November 2026 · UTC · UTC+00:00

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Coordinated Universal Time

UTC is currently on UTC (UTC+00:00).

no clock change scheduled: this zone is fixed at UTC+00:00

UTC is the reference clock every other offset is quoted against. It has no daylight saving and never shifts.

Central European Summer Time

Europe/Paris is on CET (UTC+01:00).

next change: Sun, 28 Mar 2027 03:00 local → CEST (132 days)

CEST is UTC+2, the summer clock for Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome, running from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.

Best time to call green = 09:00 to 18:00 on both sides

8 overlapping working hours. The longest run is 10:00 to 18:00 CEST, which is 09:00 to 17:00 UTC.

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CEST to UTC, hour by hour 15 November 2026 · every row is a permalink

CEST UTC 12-hour Day Permalink
00:00 23:00 UTC 11:00 PM previous day 00:00 →
01:00 00:00 UTC 12:00 AM same day 01:00 →
02:00 01:00 UTC 1:00 AM same day 02:00 →
03:00 02:00 UTC 2:00 AM same day 03:00 →
04:00 03:00 UTC 3:00 AM same day 04:00 →
05:00 04:00 UTC 4:00 AM same day 05:00 →
06:00 05:00 UTC 5:00 AM same day 06:00 →
07:00 06:00 UTC 6:00 AM same day 07:00 →
08:00 07:00 UTC 7:00 AM same day 08:00 →
09:00 08:00 UTC 8:00 AM same day 09:00 →
10:00 09:00 UTC 9:00 AM same day 10:00 →
11:00 10:00 UTC 10:00 AM same day 11:00 →
12:00 11:00 UTC 11:00 AM same day 12:00 →
13:00 12:00 UTC 12:00 PM same day 13:00 →
14:00 13:00 UTC 1:00 PM same day 14:00 →
15:00 14:00 UTC 2:00 PM same day 15:00 →
16:00 15:00 UTC 3:00 PM same day 16:00 →
17:00 16:00 UTC 4:00 PM same day 17:00 →
18:00 17:00 UTC 5:00 PM same day 18:00 →
19:00 18:00 UTC 6:00 PM same day 19:00 →
20:00 19:00 UTC 7:00 PM same day 20:00 →
21:00 20:00 UTC 8:00 PM same day 21:00 →
22:00 21:00 UTC 9:00 PM same day 22:00 →
23:00 22:00 UTC 10:00 PM same day 23:00 →

Every hour as its own page

00:00 CEST 01:00 CEST 02:00 CEST 03:00 CEST 04:00 CEST 05:00 CEST 06:00 CEST 07:00 CEST 08:00 CEST 09:00 CEST 10:00 CEST 11:00 CEST 12:00 CEST 13:00 CEST 14:00 CEST 15:00 CEST 16:00 CEST 17:00 CEST 18:00 CEST 19:00 CEST 20:00 CEST 21:00 CEST 22:00 CEST 23:00 CEST

CEST to UTC: questions

What time is it in UTC when it is CET now?
UTC is currently 19:36 on Sunday, 15 November 2026 (UTC, UTC+00:00), while CEST is 20:36 (UTC+01:00). That is 1 hours behind the source clock right now.
How many hours behind is UTC of CEST?
1 hours at this moment. The gap is not constant across the year: Central European Summer Time and Coordinated Universal Time change clocks on different dates (or one of them not at all), so a difference you hard-code in summer can be an hour wrong in winter. The table on this page is computed from the current tzdata rules, not from a fixed offset.
Is UTC on daylight saving time right now?
No. UTC is on UTC (UTC+00:00) at the moment.
Does UTC observe daylight saving time?
No. UTC stays on UTC+00:00 all year, so the difference from CEST only moves when CEST itself changes.
What is the best time to schedule a call between CEST and UTC?
There are 8 hours of overlap where both sides are inside a 09:00-18:00 working day. The longest block is 10:00 to 18:00 CEST, which is 09:00 to 17:00 UTC. Use the calendar buttons above to drop it straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or an .ics file.
Which IANA timezone name should I use for UTC in code?
Use UTC. Abbreviations like UTC are ambiguous and not resolvable by most libraries. Python's ZoneInfo, Java's ZoneId, Go's time.LoadLocation and JavaScript's Intl all expect the IANA name. Hard-coding UTC+00:00 instead will be wrong the moment the rules change.

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