Hungary · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Szeged, Hungary 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 Szeged 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 Szeged lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Szeged 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 Szeged lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Szeged 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 Szeged 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 Szeged.
Practical Info
Szeged (Hungary) is home to roughly 160K people. Today brings about 15.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:48, sunset at 20:36. 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 46° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Hungary
Capital
Budapest
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Budapest
Coordinates
46.25°N, 20.15°E
Currency
HUF (Ft)
Calling Code
+36
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Hungarian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Tisza flood of 1879 destroyed all but about 300 of Szeged's 5,700 buildings. European cities contributed to the rebuilding, and the boulevards of the new city are named after them — Paris, Vienna, Rome, London, Brussels, Moscow.
The clock: Szeged keeps UTC+1 and is the sunniest city in Hungary, with over 2,000 hours a year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap