Poland · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Katowice, Poland 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 Katowice 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 Katowice lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Katowice 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 Katowice lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Katowice 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 Katowice 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 Katowice.
Practical Info
Katowice (Poland) is home to roughly 290K people. Today brings about 16.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:36, sunset at 21:00. 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 50° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Poland
Capital
Warsaw
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Warsaw
Coordinates
50.26°N, 19.02°E
Currency
PLN (zł)
Calling Code
+48
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Polish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra's hall, opened in 2014, stands on the site of the Katowice coal mine. The city's whole cultural zone — museum, congress centre, concert hall — sits on former mine workings.
The clock: Katowice keeps UTC+1 at the centre of a conurbation of over two million, one of the densest urban regions in Europe.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap