| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −5h on 24 Oct |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −8h on 24 Oct |
Catania, Italy 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. The time difference between Catania and New York is 6 hours. 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 Catania lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Catania and London is 1 hour. 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 Catania lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Catania and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Catania 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 Catania.
Catania (Italy) is home to roughly 300K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:54, sunset at 18:45. 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 38° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Italy
Capital
Rome
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Europe/Rome
Coordinates
37.50°N, 15.09°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+39
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Italian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Catania was damaged by an Etna eruption in 1669 and destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, then rebuilt in baroque using the black lava stone that had buried it — which is why the city is dark grey. Etna is Europe's tallest active volcano, currently about 3,400 metres high.
The clock: Catania keeps UTC+1. Etna's height changes with each eruption, so the figure is revised regularly.
Catania lies at 15.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:00, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 60 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:00.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 45m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 34m. The swing between them is 5h 11m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Catania the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 05:38, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 20:25. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Catania that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Catania, Italy is Europe/Rome with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Catania has an estimated population of 300K and is located at coordinates 37.50°N, 15.09°E.
Catania gets 14h 45m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 34m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Catania falls at about 12:00 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 0.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Rebuilt From Lava: Catania was damaged by an Etna eruption in 1669 and destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, then rebuilt in baroque using the black lava stone that had buried it — which is why the city is dark grey.