What is CET in UTC?
Coordinated Universal Time is 2 hours behind
Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 and Coordinated Universal 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 the prime meridian
- 1:34 am
- Difference
- −2 h
- Next clock change
- October 25, 2026
Convert a time
UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
1:00 am
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When the difference changes
Central European Time and Coordinated Universal 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, 2026Coordinated Universal Time is 2 hours behind
- October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Coordinated Universal Time is 1 hour behind
- March 28, 2027 – onwardsCoordinated Universal 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.
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time stays on UTC all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CET to UTC conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Central European Time to Coordinated Universal Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in the prime meridian, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CEST
- 10:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 1:00 am CEST
- 11:00 pm UTC−1 day
- 2:00 am CEST
- 12:00 am UTC
- 3:00 am CEST
- 1:00 am UTC
- 4:00 am CEST
- 2:00 am UTC
- 5:00 am CEST
- 3:00 am UTC
- 6:00 am CEST
- 4:00 am UTC
- 7:00 am CEST
- 5:00 am UTC
- 8:00 am CEST
- 6:00 am UTC
- 9:00 am CEST
- 7:00 am UTC
- 10:00 am CEST
- 8:00 am UTC
- 11:00 am CEST
- 9:00 am UTC
- 12:00 pm CEST
- 10:00 am UTC
- 1:00 pm CEST
- 11:00 am UTC
- 2:00 pm CEST
- 12:00 pm UTC
- 3:00 pm CEST
- 1:00 pm UTC
- 4:00 pm CEST
- 2:00 pm UTC
- 5:00 pm CEST
- 3:00 pm UTC
- 6:00 pm CEST
- 4:00 pm UTC
- 7:00 pm CEST
- 5:00 pm UTC
- 8:00 pm CEST
- 6:00 pm UTC
- 9:00 pm CEST
- 7:00 pm UTC
- 10:00 pm CEST
- 8:00 pm UTC
- 11:00 pm CEST
- 9:00 pm UTC
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 UTC. 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
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used in aviation, computing, and science worldwide. UTC never changes for daylight saving.