Austria · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Linz, Austria 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 Linz 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 Linz lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Linz 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 Linz lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Linz 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 Linz 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 Linz.
Practical Info
Linz (Austria) is home to roughly 210K people. Today brings about 16.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:00, sunset at 21:06. 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
Austria
Capital
Vienna
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Vienna
Coordinates
48.31°N, 14.29°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+43
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Ars Electronica has been held in Linz since 1979 and is among the oldest festivals anywhere dedicated to art and technology. Its Prix has awarded digital art since 1987, before most of the categories it now covers existed.
The clock: Linz keeps UTC+1 on the Danube. The Linzer Torte, documented in a 1653 recipe, is generally reckoned the oldest cake recipe in the world still in use.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap