Slovakia · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Košice, Slovakia 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 Košice 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 Košice lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Košice 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 Košice lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Košice 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 Košice 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 Košice.
Practical Info
Košice (Slovakia) is home to roughly 230K people. Today brings about 16.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:36, sunset at 20:42. 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 49° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Slovakia
Capital
Bratislava
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Bratislava
Coordinates
48.72°N, 21.26°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+421
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Slovak
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Košice received an armorial grant in 1369, the first European city to be given a coat of arms by a sovereign rather than simply adopting one. Its cathedral is the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe.
The clock: Košice keeps UTC+1. Its peace marathon, run since 1924, is the oldest in Europe and the second oldest in the world after Boston's.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap