Czechia · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Ostrava, Czechia 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 Ostrava 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 Ostrava lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Ostrava 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 Ostrava lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Ostrava 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 Ostrava 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 Ostrava.
Practical Info
Ostrava (Czechia) is home to roughly 285K people. Today brings about 16.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:42, 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.
Flag
Czechia
Capital
Prague
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Prague
Coordinates
49.82°N, 18.26°E
Currency
CZK (Kč)
Calling Code
+420
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Czech
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Vítkovice ironworks ran blast furnaces from 1828 to 1998 and has been converted into a concert and museum complex, with a gas holder turned into an auditorium. Colours of Ostrava is held among the furnaces.
The clock: Ostrava keeps UTC+1 and sits close to both the Polish and Slovak borders, all three on the same hour.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap