What is CET in GMT?
Greenwich Mean Time is 2 hours behind
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 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
- 3:34 am
- Time in Greenwich
- 1:34 am
- Difference
- −2 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time
1:00 am
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When the difference changes
Central European Time and Greenwich Mean 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, 2026Greenwich Mean Time is 2 hours behind
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Greenwich Mean Time is 1 hour behind
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsGreenwich Mean Time is 2 hours behind
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.
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CET to GMT conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to Greenwich Mean Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Greenwich, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 10:00 pm GMT−1 day
- 1:00 am CEST
- 11:00 pm GMT−1 day
- 2:00 am CEST
- 12:00 am GMT
- 3:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am GMT
- 4:00 am CEST
- 2:00 am GMT
- 5:00 am CEST
- 3:00 am GMT
- 6:00 am CEST
- 4:00 am GMT
- 7:00 am CEST
- 5:00 am GMT
- 8:00 am CEST
- 6:00 am GMT
- 9:00 am CEST
- 7:00 am GMT
- 10:00 am CEST
- 8:00 am GMT
- 11:00 am CEST
- 9:00 am GMT
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 am GMT
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 am GMT
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 pm GMT
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm GMT
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 pm GMT
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 pm GMT
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 pm GMT
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 pm GMT
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 pm GMT
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 pm GMT
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm CEST, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm GMT. 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
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.