Romania · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bucharest, Romania runs on UTC+3. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 7-hour difference between Bucharest and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Bucharest lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Bucharest and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Bucharest lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Bucharest and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Bucharest lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bucharest.
Practical Info
Bucharest (Romania) is home to roughly 1.8M people. Today brings about 15.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 21:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 44° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Romania
Capital
Bucharest 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
EEST · Europe/Bucharest
Coordinates
44.43°N, 26.10°E
Currency
RON (lei)
Calling Code
+40
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Romanian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Palace of the Parliament weighs roughly four million tonnes and contains about 3.7 million cubic metres of volume, making it the heaviest building ever constructed. Ceaușescu demolished around a fifth of historic Bucharest to clear the site.
The clock: Bucharest keeps UTC+2. The palace has 1,100 rooms; a substantial share have never been used for anything.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.