What is HKT in EET?

Eastern European Time is 5 hours behind

Hong Kong Time is on UTC+8:00 and Eastern European Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. Eastern European Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read EEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Hong Kong: 8:03:25 PM
Time in Athens: 3:03:25 PM
Difference: −5 h
Next clock change: October 25, 2026

Convert a time

HKT — Hong Kong Time

EEST — Eastern European Time

3:00 pm

EEST, Fri

When the difference changes

Hong Kong Time and Eastern European 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, 2026Eastern European Time is 5 hours behind
October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027Eastern European Time is 6 hours behind
March 28, 2027 – onwardsEastern European Time is 5 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Hong Kong Time

No clock changes

Hong Kong Time stays on HKT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Eastern European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour — 4:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EET after that.

HKT to EET conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Hong Kong Time to Eastern European Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Athens, which is marked.

12:00 am HKT: 7:00 pm EEST−1 day
1:00 am HKT: 8:00 pm EEST−1 day
2:00 am HKT: 9:00 pm EEST−1 day
3:00 am HKT: 10:00 pm EEST−1 day
4:00 am HKT: 11:00 pm EEST−1 day
5:00 am HKT: 12:00 am EEST
6:00 am HKT: 1:00 am EEST
7:00 am HKT: 2:00 am EEST
8:00 am HKT: 3:00 am EEST
9:00 am HKT: 4:00 am EEST
10:00 am HKT: 5:00 am EEST
11:00 am HKT: 6:00 am EEST

12:00 pm HKT: 7:00 am EEST
1:00 pm HKT: 8:00 am EEST
2:00 pm HKT: 9:00 am EEST
3:00 pm HKT: 10:00 am EEST
4:00 pm HKT: 11:00 am EEST
5:00 pm HKT: 12:00 pm EEST
6:00 pm HKT: 1:00 pm EEST
7:00 pm HKT: 2:00 pm EEST
8:00 pm HKT: 3:00 pm EEST
9:00 pm HKT: 4:00 pm EEST
10:00 pm HKT: 5:00 pm EEST
11:00 pm HKT: 6:00 pm EEST

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm HKT, which is 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Eastern European Time (EEST) is used in Helsinki, Bucharest, Kyiv and Cairo