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Time in Ghent, Belgium now

12:02:24AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Ghent switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:29AM ↓ 05:28PM (9h 59m) - More info - Make Ghent time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ghent

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

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 Ghent

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 Ghent

Sunrise: 07:29AM
Sunset: 05:28PM
Day length: 9h 59m
Solar noon: 12:29PM
The current local time in Ghent is 29 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Ghent on the map

Location: Belgium
Latitude: 51.05. Longitude: 3.72
Population: 270,000

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Best restaurants in Ghent

#1 La Bussola - Italian and vegetarian options food
#2 Restaurant Vrijmoed - Belgian and vegetarian options food
#3 Lys d'Or - French and belgian food
#4 Talloor d'Or - Belgian and european food

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