Belgium · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Leuven, Belgium 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 Leuven 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 Leuven lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Leuven 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 Leuven lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Leuven 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 Leuven 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 Leuven.
Practical Info
Leuven (Belgium) is home to roughly 102K people. Today brings about 16.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 22:00. 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 51° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Belgium
Capital
Brussels
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
50.88°N, 4.70°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+32
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch, French, German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
AB InBev is headquartered in Leuven and produces on the order of a quarter of all beer sold worldwide. The Stella Artois brewery here traces its origins to a 1366 tavern.
The clock: Leuven keeps UTC+1. Its university, founded in 1425, split into two in 1968 over language, and the French-speaking half physically moved its library — books divided by shelf number.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap