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Through the winter months, Serbia's clocks show Central European Time, CET, UTC+1. Summer time takes them to CEST, UTC+2. The flip clock above counts Belgrade's time live, second by second.

Updated · Time zone data 2026e · Sources

Time zone in Serbia

The time zone database lists one zone for Serbia, under Belgrade's name. A law on the City of Belgrade calls it the capital of the Republic of Serbia. Niš and Novi Sad show the same time as Belgrade. Each row in the table below measures a city's gap from Belgrade.

Time zone
Central European Time
Standard time
CET, UTC+1
Daylight saving time
CEST, UTC+2
Main cities
Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad, Zemun

When the clocks change in Serbia

Clocks in Serbia change twice a year.

Clocks go back

Sunday 25 October 2026

3:00 AMto2:00 AM

Then CET, UTC+1

Clocks go forward

Sunday 28 March 2027

2:00 AMto3:00 AM

Then CEST, UTC+2

Last change: On Sunday 29 March 2026 at 2:00 AM, clocks went forward one hour, to CEST.

Daylight saving dates around the world

How many hours ahead or behind Belgrade

On 24 October 2026, London is 1 hour behind Belgrade.

CityDifference from Belgrade
London1 hour behind
ViennaSame time
ZurichSame time
Athens1 hour ahead
Istanbul1 hour ahead
Moscow1 hour ahead
New York6 hours behind
Chicago7 hours behind
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Convert a time between any two places

Serbia's clock, from the bill to the lab

A bill on the calculation of time
Billwhat the government adopted, in its own words
Serbia's government adopted a bill on the calculation of time, according to a statement from its press service. The country needed a law to regulate this area, the statement explains. The bill would give one calculation of time across the territory of the republic. That time would be in line with the time used by European countries. The statement does not say whether the bill became law.
Source Government of the Republic of Serbia (srbija.gov.rs), Government sets aside RSD 800m for urgent flood relief, 28 August 2018
The second and legal time at DMDM
UTC(DMDM)the national time scale, in DMDM's own name for it
Direkcija za mere i dragocene metale, DMDM, has a Group for time and frequency. The group is responsible for realising the second, the SI unit of time. It also performs tasks tied to distributing legal time. DMDM puts Serbia's national time scale, UTC(DMDM), on the internet through NTP, the Network Time Protocol.
Sources DMDM, Group for time and frequency (English page), Direkcija za mere i dragocene metale (DMDM), Laboratorija za distribuciju vremena
From local mean time to EU rules
LMTlocal mean time, the first line of the database's Belgrade entry
The database opens its Belgrade entry on local mean time. Central European Time follows, and the entry gives it no summer time until the Second World War was under way. A later note gives the date of the switch to the rules the file labels EU. The note adds that the change was for all of Yugoslavia at the time.
Source IANA tz database, file europe (former Yugoslavia section, zone Europe/Belgrade)

Questions about time in Serbia

Is Serbia on the same time as Croatia and Hungary?

Yes, in every season. The time zone database files Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia under Belgrade's zone. Hungary has an entry of its own under Budapest, but its clocks show Belgrade's time all year. They go forward and back at the same instant as Serbia's.

Is Serbia on the same time as Romania and Bulgaria?

No. Bucharest and Sofia are 1 hour ahead of Belgrade, winter and summer alike. Romania and Bulgaria keep Eastern European Time, EET, UTC+2, outside summer. Their clocks change on the same Sundays and at the same instant as Serbia's. So eight in the morning in Belgrade is nine in Bucharest and Sofia.

When do the clocks change in Serbia?

Summer time in Serbia begins early on the last Sunday in March, when two o'clock at night becomes three. It ends early on the last Sunday in October, when three o'clock drops back to two. Those Sundays are the ones the time zone database lists for Belgrade.

What is the time difference between Serbia and the UK?

London stays 1 hour behind Belgrade whatever the month. Clocks in Britain and Serbia change together, so summer does not alter the difference. A call set for four in the afternoon in Belgrade rings at three in London.

What is the time difference between Serbia and the US?

For most of the year, New York is 6 hours behind Belgrade and Chicago is 7 hours behind Belgrade. American clocks go forward two or three weeks before Serbian ones. They go back one week after Serbia's. In those weeks, Belgrade's lead over both cities falls by an hour.

Time zone names for developers
IANA zoneStandard timeDaylight saving time
Europe/BelgradeCET, UTC+1Yes

Sources

We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.

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