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Time in Bern, Switzerland now

12:21:46PM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Bern switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:06AM ↓ 05:22PM (10h 17m) - More info - Make Bern time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bern

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Bern is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bern can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bern is Europe/Zurich.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Bern

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bern

Sunrise: 07:06AM
Sunset: 05:22PM
Day length: 10h 17m
Solar noon: 12:14PM
The current local time in Bern is 14 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bern on the map

Bern is the capital of Switzerland.
Latitude: 46.95. Longitude: 7.45
Population: 134,000

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Best restaurants in Bern

#1 Toscana - Pizza and italian food
#2 Wein & Sein - European and vegetarian options food
#3 Restaurant Essort - International and swiss food
#4 Waldheim - Swiss and vegetarian options food

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