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Time in Bologna, Italy now

04:55:30AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Bologna switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:46AM ↓ 05:11PM (10h 26m) - More info - Make Bologna time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bologna

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 Bologna 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 Bologna can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bologna is Europe/Rome.

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 Bologna

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 Bologna

Sunrise: 06:46AM
Sunset: 05:11PM
Day length: 10h 26m
Solar noon: 11:58AM
The current local time in Bologna is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Bologna on the map

Location: Italy
Latitude: 44.49. Longitude: 11.34
Population: 390,000
Elevation: 50 m

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