Hungary · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Debrecen, Hungary runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Debrecen 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 Debrecen lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Debrecen 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 Debrecen lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Debrecen 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 Debrecen 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 Debrecen.
Practical Info
Debrecen (Hungary) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 16.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:36, sunset at 20:36. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Hungary
Capital
Budapest
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Budapest
Coordinates
47.53°N, 21.62°E
Currency
HUF (Ft)
Calling Code
+36
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hungarian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Debrecen has been a centre of Hungarian Protestantism since the 16th century, earning it the nickname the Calvinist Rome. Hungary declared independence from the Habsburgs in its Great Church in 1849, and the government sat here again in 1944.
The clock: Debrecen keeps UTC+1. Its Flower Carnival each August has been running since 1966.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap