Time.is

Time in Switzerland now

02:19:10PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Switzerland switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:15AM ↓ 06:51PM (12h 37m) - More info - Make Switzerland time default - Add to favorite locations

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

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from MeteoSwiss.
See showyourstripes.info.