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What is MST in CET?

Central European Time is 8 hours ahead

Mountain Time is on UTC−6:00 and Central European Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Both are on daylight saving, so their clocks read MDT and CEST. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Denver
8:14 pm
Time in Paris
4:14 am
Difference
+8 h
Next clock change
October 25, 2026

Convert a time

CESTCentral European Time

4:00 am

Wed, the next day

When the difference changes

Mountain Time and Central 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:

  1. NowOctober 25, 2026Central European Time is 8 hours ahead
  2. October 25, 2026November 1, 2026Central European Time is 7 hours ahead
  3. November 1, 2026March 14, 2027Central European Time is 8 hours ahead
  4. March 14, 2027March 28, 2027Central European Time is 7 hours ahead
  5. March 28, 2027onwardsCentral European Time is 8 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

Mountain Time

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming MST.

Central European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CET.

MST to CET conversion table

Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Mountain Time to Central European Time. 8 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Paris, which is marked.

12:00 am MDT
8:00 am CEST
1:00 am MDT
9:00 am CEST
2:00 am MDT
10:00 am CEST
3:00 am MDT
11:00 am CEST
4:00 am MDT
12:00 pm CEST
5:00 am MDT
1:00 pm CEST
6:00 am MDT
2:00 pm CEST
7:00 am MDT
3:00 pm CEST
8:00 am MDT
4:00 pm CEST
9:00 am MDT
5:00 pm CEST
10:00 am MDT
6:00 pm CEST
11:00 am MDT
7:00 pm CEST
12:00 pm MDT
8:00 pm CEST
1:00 pm MDT
9:00 pm CEST
2:00 pm MDT
10:00 pm CEST
3:00 pm MDT
11:00 pm CEST
4:00 pm MDT
12:00 am CEST+1 day
5:00 pm MDT
1:00 am CEST+1 day
6:00 pm MDT
2:00 am CEST+1 day
7:00 pm MDT
3:00 am CEST+1 day
8:00 pm MDT
4:00 am CEST+1 day
9:00 pm MDT
5:00 am CEST+1 day
10:00 pm MDT
6:00 am CEST+1 day
11:00 pm MDT
7:00 am CEST+1 day

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 10:00 am MDT, which is 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm CEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Mountain Time (MDT) is used in Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Calgary. Arizona keeps MST all year and does not follow MDT.

Central European Time (CEST) is used in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Stockholm

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