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Time in Zurich, Switzerland now

11:42:59PM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Zurich switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:02AM ↓ 05:17PM (10h 15m) - More info - Make Zurich time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Zurich

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 Zurich 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 Zurich can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Zurich 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 Zurich

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
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 Zurich

Sunrise: 07:02AM
Sunset: 05:17PM
Day length: 10h 15m
Solar noon: 12:10PM
The current local time in Zurich is 10 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Zurich on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 47.37. Longitude: 8.55
Population: 449,000

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