Europe/Brussels • live clock

Current time in Brussels

Clocks in Brussels use CET (UTC+1) for standard time and CEST (UTC+2) for the seasonal period. Exact transition dates appear below. The live clock is synchronized with Digital Clock Online’s server after the page loads.

Synchronizing with server time.

Europe/Brussels at a glance

IANA time zone: Europe/Brussels
Time-zone name: Central European Time (CET)
Standard offset: UTC+1
Seasonal offset: UTC+2 (CEST)
Daylight saving: Observed; exact dates below
Used in: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands

When clocks change in Brussels

These scheduled changes cover 2026 and 2027. Each row gives the exact UTC instant, direction and resulting offset.

UTC instant	Change	Resulting time
March 29, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC	Clocks move forward 1 hour	CEST (UTC+2)
October 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC	Clocks move back 1 hour	CET (UTC+1)
March 28, 2027 at 1:00 AM UTC	Clocks move forward 1 hour	CEST (UTC+2)
October 31, 2027 at 1:00 AM UTC	Clocks move back 1 hour	CET (UTC+1)

Places that use Europe/Brussels

Europe/Brussels covers Brussels, Antwerpen, Gent, Charleroi. Its country relationships are Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands.

Time difference between Brussels and other cities

City	Time zone	Difference from Brussels
London	Europe/London	1 hour behind
New York	America/New_York	6 hours behind
Los Angeles	America/Los_Angeles	9 hours behind
Dubai	Asia/Dubai	3 hours ahead
Singapore	Asia/Singapore	7 hours ahead
Tokyo	Asia/Tokyo	8 hours ahead
Sydney	Australia/Sydney	9 hours ahead
Your time zone	Detected after this page loads	Calculating your current difference

Reference-city differences use standard offsets. Where either place changes clocks seasonally, the gap can change during the year.

Zones on the same standard time as Brussels

These zones share UTC+1 as their standard offset. Seasonal rules can make their live clocks differ during part of the year.