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Time in Lugano, Switzerland now

03:41:54AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Lugano switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:10AM ↓ 07:48PM (12h 39m) - More info - Make Lugano time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lugano

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Lugano 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 Lugano can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lugano is Europe/Zurich.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Lugano

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lugano

Sunrise: 07:10AM
Sunset: 07:48PM
Day length: 12h 39m
Solar noon: 01:29PM
The current local time in Lugano is 89 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lugano on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 46.010. Longitude: 8.960
Population: 63,000

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