What is CET in EAT?
East Africa Time is 1 hour ahead
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. Central European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Paris
- 4:56 am
- Time in Nairobi
- 5:56 am
- Difference
- +1 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
EAT — East Africa Time
5:00 am
Wed
When the difference changes
Central European Time and East Africa Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:
- Now – October 25, 2026East Africa Time is 1 hour ahead
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027East Africa Time is 2 hours ahead
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsEast Africa Time is 1 hour 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
Central European Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.
East Africa Time
East Africa Time stays on EAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CET to EAT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to East Africa Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am EAT
- 1:00 am CEST
- 2:00 am EAT
- 2:00 am CEST
- 3:00 am EAT
- 3:00 am CEST
- 4:00 am EAT
- 4:00 am CEST
- 5:00 am EAT
- 5:00 am CEST
- 6:00 am EAT
- 6:00 am CEST
- 7:00 am EAT
- 7:00 am CEST
- 8:00 am EAT
- 8:00 am CEST
- 9:00 am EAT
- 9:00 am CEST
- 10:00 am EAT
- 10:00 am CEST
- 11:00 am EAT
- 11:00 am CEST
- 12:00 pm EAT
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm EAT
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 pm EAT
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 pm EAT
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 pm EAT
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 pm EAT
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 pm EAT
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 pm EAT
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 pm EAT
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 pm EAT
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 pm EAT
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 pm EAT
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 am EAT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CEST, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm
East Africa Time (EAT) is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia