Current Time in CEST
About CEST
The daylight saving time for many European countries, one hour ahead of Central European Time (CET). Used from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Equivalent to MEST (Middle European Summer Time).
UTC</a> Offset: +02:00
Current time shown is based on the representative IANA zone: Africa/Ceuta
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a time zone at UTC offset +02:00. As of Monday, September 7, 2026, 12:26:43 AM Coordinated Universal Time, the current time in CEST is 02:26:43. It groups 36 IANA time zones, including Africa/Ceuta, Arctic/Longyearbyen, Atlantic/Jan_Mayen, CET and Europe/Amsterdam, which all share this offset. CEST is observed in countries such as Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina.