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UTC to CET converter

CET is 2 hours ahead of UTC 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.

Coordinated Universal Time · UTC
23:21:25
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · UTC · UTC+00:00
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Central European Time · Europe/Paris
01:21:25
Thursday, 13 August 2026 · CEST · UTC+02:00 · DST

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Central European Time

Europe/Paris is currently on CEST (UTC+02:00), its daylight-saving clock. That is not CET — this page is named for the abbreviation people search for, and tells you the truth about which one is actually in force.

next change: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 02:00 local → CET (73 days, clocks go back)

CET is UTC+1, the winter clock for most of mainland western Europe. From late March to late October the same countries run CEST (UTC+2).

Coordinated Universal Time

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

no clock change scheduled — fixed at UTC+00:00

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

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

7 overlapping working hours. The longest run is 09:00–16:00 UTC, which is 11:00–18:00 CET.

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UTC to CET, hour by hour 12 August 2026 · every row is a permalink

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

Every hour as its own page

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

UTC to CET — questions

What time is it in CET when it is UTC now?
CET is currently 01:21 on Thursday, 13 August 2026 (CEST, UTC+02:00), while UTC is 23:21 (UTC+00:00). That is 2 hours ahead of the source clock right now.
How many hours ahead is CET of UTC?
2 hours at this moment. The gap is not constant across the year: Coordinated Universal Time and Central European 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 CET on daylight saving time right now?
Central European Time is currently observing daylight saving — the live abbreviation is CEST (UTC+02:00), not CET.
When does CET next change its clocks?
Europe/Paris next changes on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 02:00 local time, when it moves back 60 minutes and the abbreviation becomes CET (UTC+01:00). That is 73 days away. This date comes from the IANA tzdata rules currently in force, so it updates if a government changes the law.
What is the best time to schedule a call between UTC and CET?
There are 7 hours of overlap where both sides are inside a 09:00-18:00 working day. The longest block is 09:00–16:00 UTC, which is 11:00–18:00 CET. 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 CET in code?
Use Europe/Paris. Abbreviations like CET 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+02:00 instead will be wrong the moment the rules change.

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