Croatia time now, live flip clock
Croatia runs on Central European Time, CET, UTC+1, through the winter. In summer it moves to Central European Summer Time, CEST, UTC+2. The clock above shows the time in Croatia live, with seconds. It follows each Croatian clock change.
Time zone in Croatia
One clock covers the whole country. Zagreb, Split, Zadar and Dubrovnik read the same time. Istria and the Adriatic islands keep it as well, including the island town of Mali Lošinj.
- CET, UTC+1
- CEST, UTC+2
- Zagreb
When the clocks change in Croatia
Clocks in Croatia change twice a year.
Sunday 25 October 2026
3:00 AMto2:00 AM
Sunday 28 March 2027
2:00 AMto3:00 AM
How many hours ahead or behind Zagreb
On 12 October 2026, London is 1 hour behind Zagreb.
| City | Difference from Zagreb |
|---|---|
| London | 1 hour behind |
| New York | 6 hours behind |
| Berlin | Same time |
| Sydney | 9 hours ahead |
| Toronto | 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | 2 hours ahead |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
Behind Croatia's clock
- Written into Croatian law
- CET
- Croatia's time act sets one time for the whole republic, CET, UTC+1. The act names it Central European zone time. It also brings in summer time, one hour forward. The government fixes the exact moment of each change by decree.
- Clock changes on the EU calendar
- 1 h
- Croatian clocks spring forward one hour on the last Sunday in March. They fall back one hour on the last Sunday in October. EU law times both moves at one in the morning, Greenwich Mean Time. Croatia's latest summer-time decree applies that EU directive. The European Parliament has voted to stop the twice-yearly change. The Council has not yet taken its position.
- Croatia's own copy of world time
- 80
- The Institute of Physics in Zagreb runs a laboratory for time and frequency. It is the first lab in Croatia to keep and share a national realisation of Coordinated Universal Time. It is also one of about eighty labs worldwide that help define that time scale.
- Top tourist markets on the same clock
- 9 of 10
- In the Bureau of Statistics count cited below, Germany led foreign tourist arrivals and nights. Slovenia, Austria, Poland and Czechia followed by nights spent. All of them keep Croatia's time in every season. Of the ten largest markets by nights, only the United Kingdom keeps a different time. It sits 1 hour behind Croatia all year.
Questions about time in Croatia
What time zone is Croatia in?
Croatia is on Central European Time, CET, UTC+1, in winter. Summer brings Central European Summer Time, CEST, UTC+2. Croatian law sets this single time for the whole republic and its islands. Zagreb and the whole Adriatic coast share it.
When do the clocks change in Croatia?
Clocks in Croatia go forward one hour on the last Sunday in March. They are set back one hour on the last Sunday in October. These are the EU's shared dates, so Croatia moves together with the rest of the Union. The clock-change cards on this page list the next two dates.
What is the time difference between Croatia and the UK?
The UK is 1 hour behind Croatia in every month. British and Croatian clocks shift together, so the difference stays fixed. Germany and Austria keep exactly Croatia's time all year.
What is the time difference between Croatia and the US?
New York is 6 hours behind Croatia for most of the year. The gap is an hour smaller for a few weeks in March. It is also smaller for the week between the European and American autumn changes. Los Angeles is 9 hours behind Croatia for most of the year.
Time zone names for developers
| IANA zone | Standard time | Daylight saving time |
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Belgrade | CET, UTC+1 | Yes |
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 7 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.