Time in Bucharest, Romania | Bucharest Now

Saturday, 7 November 2026

Time zone information for Bucharest

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
▪Time in Bucharest is 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 4 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Bucharest is Europe/Bucharest.
October25Sunday2026

Latest change: Standard time began

  • ▪Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Standard Time (EET).
  • ▪The time was set backward one hour from 04:00 to 03:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027

Next change: Daylight saving time begins

  • ▪Switch to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
  • ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 03:00 to 04:00 local time.

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bucharest

  • ▪Sunrise: 07:00
  • ▪Sunset: 16:57
  • ▪Day length: 9h 56m
  • ▪Solar noon: 11:59
  • ▪Current time in Bucharest is currently 1 minutes behind solar time.

Bucharest on map

  • ▪Location: Bucharest, Romania
  • ▪Latitude: 44,43. Longitude: 26,11
  • ▪Population: 1,877,155
  • ▪Elevation: 83 m

Time difference

from Bucharest

−10h
20:17(-1d)
−8h
22:17(-1d)
−7h
23:17(-1d)
−7h
23:17(-1d)
−5h
01:17
−2h
04:17
−2h
04:17
−1h
05:17
−1h
05:17
−1h
05:17
0h
06:17
0h
06:17
+1h
07:17
+1h
07:17
+2h
08:17
+3,5h
09:47
+5h
11:17
+6h
12:17
+6h
12:17
+6h
12:17
+7h
13:17
+9h
15:17

Sun cycle

Currently night time
Sunrise 07:00
Solar noon 11:59
Sunset 16:57

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
Europe/Bucharest
Abbreviation
EET
UTC offset
UTC+02:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
28 Mar 2027
in 140 days, 20 hours
Current Unix epoch
1794025062

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
07:00
Sunset
16:57
Solar noon
11:59
Day length
9h 56m
Night length
14h 03m
Civil twilight
06:29 – 17:27

Geography & country

Country
Romania
Region / State
Bucharest
Elevation
83 m
Population
1,877,155
Classification
Capital city

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