Time in Vatican, Vatican City | Vatican Now
Saturday, 7 November 2026
CET (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Vatican
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 Vatican 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 Vatican is
Europe/Vatican.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 Vatican
- ▪Sunrise: 06:49
- ▪Sunset: 16:57
- ▪Day length: 10h 7m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:53
- ▪Current time in Vatican is currently 7 minutes behind solar time.
Vatican on map
- ▪Location: Vatican City
- ▪Latitude: 41,90. Longitude: 12,45
- ▪Population: 829
- ▪Elevation: 55 m
Time difference
from Vatican
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:49
Solar noon 11:53Sunset 16:57
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Vatican- Abbreviation
- CET
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 28 Mar 2027in 140 days, 23 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794015702
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:49
- Sunset
- 16:57
- Solar noon
- 11:53
- Day length
- 10h 07m
- Night length
- 13h 52m
- Civil twilight
- 06:20 – 17:26
Geography & country
- Country
- Vatican City
- Coordinates
- 41.903°, 12.454°
- Elevation
- 55 m
- Population
- 829
- Classification
- Capital city
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