Europe Time Zone Map

Europe spans more offsets than most people think — from the Azores (UTC−1) through GMT, CET, and EET to Moscow (UTC+3, no DST). Most of the continent switches in late March and late October 2026.

Azores · AZOT/AZOST5:08 PMUTC−1

Your time11:38 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC+5:30

Azores timeAzores5:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC-1

Cape Verde timeCape Verde5:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC-1

London timeLondon6:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC+0

Paris timeParis7:08 PMSAT, OCT 31UTC+1

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Zones in this view

Zone	IANA	Standard	Daylight	Abbr
Azores	Atlantic/Azores	UTC−1	UTC±0 (AZOST)	AZOT/AZOST
London	Europe/London	UTC0	UTC+1 (BST)	GMT/BST
Paris	Europe/Paris	UTC+1	UTC+2 (CEST)	CET/CEST
Athens	Europe/Athens	UTC+2	UTC+3 (EEST)	EET/EEST
Moscow	Europe/Moscow	UTC+3	— (no DST)	MSK
Cairo	Africa/Cairo	UTC+2	UTC+3 (EEST, reinstated 2023)	EET/EEST

Good to know

Where the offsets come from

Every offset on this map is counted from Greenwich. Five dates in how the world agreed on that.

Before 1883

Sun time

Every town set its clocks by the sun overhead, so noon in Boston came about twelve minutes before noon in New York, and railroads juggled dozens of local times.

A weathered stone sundial with Roman numerals and an iron gnomon — A sundial on the porch of St Giles’ Church, Chesterton, England.

November 18, 1883

Railroad time

U.S. and Canadian railroads switched to standard zones an hour apart, set from Greenwich. Many towns reset their clocks the same day, remembered as “the day of two noons.”

A gold railroad pocket watch with a white dial, lying on its chain — A railroad pocket watch made for the Plant System, a railroad of the Southeast.

1884

Greenwich

Delegates at the International Meridian Conference in Washington chose the Greenwich meridian as longitude zero — the line every UTC offset on this site is counted from.

A red time ball on its mast above the octagonal turret of the Royal Observatory — The time ball on the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, dropped at 1 p.m. as a public time signal since 1833.

1918 and 1966

Time by law

The Standard Time Act made the zones federal law in 1918. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 set common daylight-saving rules and let a state opt out, as Arizona and Hawaii do.

The open back of a railroad-grade pocket watch, showing its jewelled movement — The movement of a Hamilton railroad-grade pocket watch, about 1929.

2026

Daylight saving

Since 2007 clocks spring forward on the second Sunday of March and fall back on the first Sunday of November: March 8 and November 1 this year.

A large 24-hour clock face set into a red brick wall beneath a sign reading Royal Observatory Greenwich — The Shepherd Gate Clock at Greenwich, which shows Greenwich Mean Time on a 24-hour dial.

Frequently asked questions

When does Europe switch to summer time in 2026?

Most of Europe moves clocks forward on the last Sunday of March 2026 and back on the last Sunday of October 2026.

What time zone is Spain in?

Spain uses Central European Time (CET/CEST, UTC+1/+2) — an hour ahead of what its longitude would suggest, since it moved its clocks to match Central Europe in 1940. The Canary Islands use UTC±0 like London.

Does Moscow observe daylight saving?

No. Russia stopped changing clocks in 2011, and since 2014 Moscow has stayed on UTC+3 all year.

Sources: offsets and daylight saving rules from theIANA time zone database; zone shapes from Timezone Boundary Builder. See Data Sources for versions and limitations.