Time in Basel, Switzerland | Basel Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Basel
UTC +2
Central European Time (CEST) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET)
▪Time in Basel is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Basel is
Europe/Zurich.March29Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
October25Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Basel
- ▪Sunrise: 07:58
- ▪Sunset: 18:29
- ▪Day length: 10h 30m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:14
- ▪Current time in Basel is currently 74 minutes ahead of solar time.
Basel on map
- ▪Location: Basel-City, Switzerland
- ▪Latitude: 47,56. Longitude: 7,57
- ▪Population: 177,595
- ▪Elevation: 279 m
Time difference
from Basel
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:58
Solar noon 13:14Sunset 18:29
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Zurich- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 12 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792672430
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:58
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Solar noon
- 13:14
- Day length
- 10h 30m
- Night length
- 13h 29m
- Civil twilight
- 07:26 – 19:00
Geography & country
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region / State
- Basel-City
- Coordinates
- 47.558°, 7.573°
- Elevation
- 279 m
- Population
- 177,595
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