Time in Bern, Switzerland | Bern Now

Saturday, 7 November 2026

Time zone information for Bern

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
▪Time in Bern 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 Bern is Europe/Zurich.
October25Sunday2026

Latest change: Standard time began

  • ▪Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
  • ▪The time was set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027

Next change: Daylight saving time begins

  • ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
  • ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bern

  • ▪Sunrise: 07:21
  • ▪Sunset: 17:05
  • ▪Day length: 9h 44m
  • ▪Solar noon: 12:13
  • ▪Current time in Bern is currently 13 minutes ahead of solar time.

Bern on map

  • ▪Location: Bern, Switzerland
  • ▪Latitude: 46,95. Longitude: 7,45
  • ▪Population: 121,631
  • ▪Elevation: 549 m

Time difference

from Bern

−9h
15:49(-1d)
−7h
17:49(-1d)
−6h
18:49(-1d)
−6h
18:49(-1d)
−4h
20:49(-1d)
−1h
23:49(-1d)
−1h
23:49(-1d)
0h
00:49
0h
00:49
0h
00:49
+1h
01:49
+1h
01:49
+2h
02:49
+2h
02:49
+3h
03:49
+4,5h
05:19
+6h
06:49
+7h
07:49
+7h
07:49
+7h
07:49
+8h
08:49
+10h
10:49

Sun cycle

Currently night time
Sunrise 07:21
Solar noon 12:13
Sunset 17:05

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
Europe/Zurich
Abbreviation
CET
UTC offset
UTC+01:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
28 Mar 2027
in 141 days, 1 hours
Current Unix epoch
1794008972

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
07:21
Sunset
17:05
Solar noon
12:13
Day length
9h 44m
Night length
14h 15m
Civil twilight
06:49 – 17:37

Geography & country

Country
Switzerland
Region / State
Bern
Elevation
549 m
Population
121,631
Classification
Capital city

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