What is AST in CET?

Central European Time is 5 hours ahead

Atlantic Time is on UTC−3:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read ADT and CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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When the difference changes

1. Now – October 25, 2026Central European Time is 5 hours ahead
2. October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026Central European Time is 4 hours ahead
3. November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Central European Time is 5 hours ahead
4. March 14, 2027 – March 28, 2027Central European Time is 4 hours ahead
5. March 28, 2027 – onwardsCentral European Time is 5 hours ahead

Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

AST to CET conversion table

Scheduling between the two

Other conversions

• CET to AST
• AST to UTC
• AST to GMT
• AST to EST
• AST to CST
• AST to MST
• AST to PST
• AST to AKST
• AST to HST
• AST to BST
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