UTC to CET: Coordinated Universal Time to Central European Time

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UTC to CET conversion table

For Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Rows where both places are inside 9 AM–5 PM are highlighted.

UTCCET
12:00 AM1:00 AM
1:00 AM2:00 AM
2:00 AM3:00 AM
3:00 AM4:00 AM
4:00 AM5:00 AM
5:00 AM6:00 AM
6:00 AM7:00 AM
7:00 AM8:00 AM
8:00 AM9:00 AM
9:00 AM10:00 AM
10:00 AM11:00 AM
11:00 AM12:00 PM
12:00 PM1:00 PM
1:00 PM2:00 PM
2:00 PM3:00 PM
3:00 PM4:00 PM
4:00 PM5:00 PM
5:00 PM6:00 PM
6:00 PM7:00 PM
7:00 PM8:00 PM
8:00 PM9:00 PM
9:00 PM10:00 PM
10:00 PM11:00 PM
11:00 PM12:00 AM (next day)

About these time zones

UTC: Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The world’s reference time. Servers, aviation, logs and many international schedules use it. It never observes daylight saving time.

No clock change is scheduled; the offset stays the same all year.

CET: Central European Standard Time

Central European Time (CET/CEST). Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Warsaw and most of the European Union. CET is UTC+1; in summer it is CEST, UTC+2.

Sunday, March 28, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC+1 → UTC+2).

Questions about UTC and CET time

What is the time difference between UTC and CET?

The current difference is shown at the top of this page. UTC uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, UTC+0) all year; CET uses Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) as standard time and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) during daylight saving time. The difference can change if only one side observes daylight saving time or if their clocks change on different dates. Choose your meeting date in the converter to check the applicable offset.

When it is 9:00 AM in UTC, what time is it in CET?

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 9:00 AM in UTC was 10:00 AM in CET. The conversion table above shows today’s values.

Do the clocks change in UTC or CET?

UTC does not change its clocks. CET: Sunday, March 28, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC+1 → UTC+2).

Is UTC the same as UTC?

UTC is a fixed offset and never changes.

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