Time in Pest, Hungary | Pest Now

Saturday, 7 November 2026

Time zone information for Pest

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 Pest 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 Pest is Europe/Budapest.
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 Pest

  • ▪Sunrise: 06:36
  • ▪Sunset: 16:17
  • ▪Day length: 9h 41m
  • ▪Solar noon: 11:27
  • ▪Current time in Pest is currently 33 minutes behind solar time.

Pest on map

  • ▪Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • ▪Latitude: 47,50. Longitude: 19,08
  • ▪Population: 1,001,748
  • ▪Elevation: 113 m

Time difference

from Pest

−9h
16:01(-1d)
−7h
18:01(-1d)
−6h
19:01(-1d)
−6h
19:01(-1d)
−4h
21:01(-1d)
−1h
00:01
−1h
00:01
0h
01:01
0h
01:01
0h
01:01
+1h
02:01
+1h
02:01
+2h
03:01
+2h
03:01
+3h
04:01
+4,5h
05:31
+6h
07:01
+7h
08:01
+7h
08:01
+7h
08:01
+8h
09:01
+10h
11:01

Sun cycle

Currently night time
Sunrise 06:36
Solar noon 11:27
Sunset 16:17

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
Europe/Budapest
Abbreviation
CET
UTC offset
UTC+01:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
28 Mar 2027
in 141 days, 0 hours
Current Unix epoch
1794009712

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
16:17
Solar noon
11:27
Day length
9h 41m
Night length
14h 18m
Civil twilight
06:03 – 16:50

Geography & country

Country
Hungary
Region / State
Budapest
Elevation
113 m
Population
1,001,748

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