Hungary · CEST
Fri, 11 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Budapest, Hungary runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Budapest and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Budapest lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Budapest and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Budapest lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Budapest and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Budapest lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Budapest.
Practical Info
Budapest (Hungary) is home to roughly 3.0M people. Today brings about 15.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:48, sunset at 20:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 47° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Hungary
Capital
Budapest 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Budapest
Coordinates
47.50°N, 19.04°E
Currency
HUF (Ft)
Calling Code
+36
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hungarian
Measurement System
Metric
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap