Time in Sofia, Bulgaria | Sofia Now
Saturday, 7 November 2026
EET (UTC+02:00)
Time zone information for Sofia
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 Sofia 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 Sofia is
Europe/Sofia.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 Sofia
- ▪Sunrise: 07:07
- ▪Sunset: 17:12
- ▪Day length: 10h 4m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:10
- ▪Current time in Sofia is currently 10 minutes ahead of solar time.
Sofia on map
- ▪Location: Sofia-grad, Bulgaria
- ▪Latitude: 42,70. Longitude: 23,32
- ▪Population: 1,152,556
- ▪Elevation: 562 m
Time difference
from Sofia
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:07
Solar noon 12:10Sunset 17:12
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Sofia- Abbreviation
- EET
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 28 Mar 2027in 140 days, 22 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794018425
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:07
- Sunset
- 17:12
- Solar noon
- 12:10
- Day length
- 10h 04m
- Night length
- 13h 55m
- Civil twilight
- 06:38 – 17:41
Geography & country
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Region / State
- Sofia-grad
- Coordinates
- 42.698°, 23.324°
- Elevation
- 562 m
- Population
- 1,152,556
- Classification
- Capital city
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