Time in Messina, Italy | Messina Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Messina
UTC +2
Central European Time (CET) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET)
▪Time in Messina 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 Messina is
Europe/Rome.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 Messina
- ▪Sunrise: 07:13
- ▪Sunset: 18:10
- ▪Day length: 10h 57m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:42
- ▪Current time in Messina is currently 42 minutes ahead of solar time.
Messina on map
- ▪Location: Sicily, Italy
- ▪Latitude: 38,19. Longitude: 15,55
- ▪Population: 219,948
- ▪Elevation: 3 m
Time difference
from Messina
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:13
Solar noon 12:42Sunset 18:10
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Rome- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 16 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792657598
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:13
- Sunset
- 18:10
- Solar noon
- 12:42
- Day length
- 10h 57m
- Night length
- 13h 02m
- Civil twilight
- 06:46 – 18:37
Geography & country
- Country
- Italy
- Region / State
- Sicily
- Coordinates
- 38.194°, 15.553°
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Population
- 219,948
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