Current Time in IANA Europe/Budapest Timezone
IANA Name: Europe/Budapest
Standard Offset: UTC +01:00
Daylight Saving: Yes
DST Offset: UTC +02:00
DST Abbreviation: CEST
Currently Observing DST: Yes ✅
Europe / Budapest (Europe/Budapest) is an IANA time zone with a standard offset of UTC+01:00. As of Thursday, 6 August 2026, the current local time in the Europe/Budapest zone is 03:07:30 (CEST). This zone observes daylight saving time, shifting to UTC+02:00 during the DST period; the changeover dates are set by the IANA time zone database and applied automatically by operating systems. The Europe/Budapest zone is used in Hungary. It covers 25 listed cities such as Budapest, Budapest II. kerület, Budapest III. kerület and Budapest IV. kerület, all of which share the same current time shown above.