Netherlands · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Maastricht, Netherlands 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 Maastricht 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 Maastricht lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Maastricht 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 Maastricht lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Maastricht 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 Maastricht 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 Maastricht.
Practical Info
Maastricht (Netherlands) is home to roughly 120K people. Today brings about 16.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:24, sunset at 21:54. 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
Netherlands
Capital
Amsterdam
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
50.85°N, 5.69°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+31
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Maastricht Treaty, signed in February 1992, created the European Union and set the criteria for the single currency. The city also sits on a hill riddled with roughly 20,000 passages of old marl quarry.
The clock: Maastricht keeps UTC+1 and is closer to Brussels, Cologne and Aachen than to Amsterdam.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap