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20:00 UTC to CET

20:00 UTC on 13 August 2026 is
22:00 CEST
10:00 PM · Thursday, 13 August 2026 · UTC+02:00
Two answers, and the difference matters. Read literally, CET is a fixed +01:00 offset, which puts 20:00 UTC at 21:00. But Europe/Paris is on CEST on this date, so the clock on the wall there reads 22:00. If a human wrote "20:00 UTC", they almost certainly meant the wall clock.
← 19:00 UTC 21:00 UTC → full UTC → CET converter
Coordinated Universal Time · UTC
00:17:07
Thursday, 13 August 2026 · UTC · UTC+00:00
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Central European Time · Europe/Paris
02:17:07
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).

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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 13 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 is 20:00 UTC in CET?
20:00 UTC is 22:00 (10:00 PM) in Central European Time, computed for 13 August 2026 using the CEST rules in force that day.
Does the answer change during the year?
Yes, whenever either side changes its clocks. On this date the destination is on CEST (UTC+02:00); at other times of year the same 20:00 UTC lands on a different local hour. That is why this page recomputes from tzdata on every request instead of storing a fixed answer.

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