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Time in Ostend, Belgium now

02:27:20PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Ostend switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:32AM ↓ 07:14PM (12h 42m) - More info - Make Ostend time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ostend

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

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
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 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 Ostend

Sunrise: 06:32AM
Sunset: 07:14PM
Day length: 12h 42m
Solar noon: 12:53PM
The current local time in Ostend is 53 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Ostend on the map

Location: Belgium
Latitude: 51.216. Longitude: 2.927
Population: 69,000

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