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Time in Vatican City, Vatican City now

05:18:31AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Vatican City switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:58AM ↓ 07:32PM (12h 34m) - More info - Make Vatican City time default - Add to favorite locations

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

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Sunrise: 06:58AM
Sunset: 07:32PM
Day length: 12h 34m
Solar noon: 01:15PM
The current local time in Vatican City is 75 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.