Albania · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Durrës, Albania 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 Durrës 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 Durrës lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Durrës 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 Durrës lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Durrës 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 Durrës 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 Durrës.
Practical Info
Durrës (Albania) is home to roughly 175K people. Today brings about 15.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 20:18. 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 41° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Albania
Capital
Tirana
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Tirane
Coordinates
41.32°N, 19.45°E
Currency
ALL (L)
Calling Code
+355
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Albanian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Durrës's Roman amphitheatre held an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 spectators and was only rediscovered in 1966, under houses. Much of it is still buried beneath the modern city.
The clock: Durrës keeps UTC+1. It was the western terminus of the Via Egnatia, the Roman road that ran across the Balkans to Byzantium.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap