Europe/Bucharest • live clock

Current time in Bucharest, Romania

Clocks in Bucharest, Romania use EET (UTC+2) for standard time and EEST (UTC+3) 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/Bucharest at a glance

IANA time zone
Europe/Bucharest
Time-zone name
Eastern European Time (EET)
Standard offset
UTC+2
Seasonal offset
UTC+3 (EEST)
Daylight saving
Observed; exact dates below
Used in
Romania

When clocks change in Bucharest, Romania

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

UTC instantChangeResulting time
March 29, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTCClocks move forward 1 hourEEST (UTC+3)
October 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTCClocks move back 1 hourEET (UTC+2)
March 28, 2027 at 1:00 AM UTCClocks move forward 1 hourEEST (UTC+3)
October 31, 2027 at 1:00 AM UTCClocks move back 1 hourEET (UTC+2)

Places that use Europe/Bucharest

Europe/Bucharest covers Bucharest, Sector 3, Iaşi, Sector 6. Its country relationships are Romania.

Time difference between Bucharest, Romania and other cities

CityTime zoneDifference from Bucharest
LondonEurope/London2 hours behind
New YorkAmerica/New_York7 hours behind
Los AngelesAmerica/Los_Angeles10 hours behind
DubaiAsia/Dubai2 hours ahead
SingaporeAsia/Singapore6 hours ahead
TokyoAsia/Tokyo7 hours ahead
SydneyAustralia/Sydney8 hours ahead
Your time zoneDetected after this page loadsCalculating 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 Bucharest, Romania

These zones share UTC+2 as their standard offset. Seasonal rules can make their live clocks differ during part of the year.

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