CEST – Central European Summer Time

Current CEST time

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UTC+2

Quick facts

Full name
Central European Summer Time
UTC offset
UTC+2
Daylight-saving counterpart
CET – Central European Time (UTC+1)

Cities in this zone

Central European Summer Time (CEST) is UTC+2. The clock above always shows CEST itself — a fixed offset, independent of any daylight-saving switch.

Regions using this zone move their clocks with the seasons between CEST and CET — the linked city pages always show what applies locally right now.