Time in Ghent, Belgium | Ghent Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Ghent
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 Ghent 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 Ghent is
Europe/Brussels.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 Ghent
- ▪Sunrise: 08:20
- ▪Sunset: 18:38
- ▪Day length: 10h 18m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:29
- ▪Current time in Ghent is currently 89 minutes ahead of solar time.
Ghent on map
- ▪Location: Flanders, Belgium
- ▪Latitude: 51,05. Longitude: 3,72
- ▪Population: 265,086
- ▪Elevation: 10 m
Time difference
from Ghent
Sun cycle
Sunrise 08:20
Solar noon 13:29Sunset 18:38
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Brussels- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 12 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792671243
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 08:20
- Sunset
- 18:38
- Solar noon
- 13:29
- Day length
- 10h 18m
- Night length
- 13h 41m
- Civil twilight
- 07:46 – 19:12
Geography & country
- Country
- Belgium
- Region / State
- Flanders
- Coordinates
- 51.050°, 3.717°
- Elevation
- 10 m
- Population
- 265,086
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