Albania · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Tirana, Albania 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 Tirana 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 Tirana lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Tirana 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 Tirana lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Tirana 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 Tirana 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 Tirana.
Practical Info
Tirana (Albania) is home to roughly 560K people. Today brings about 15.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 20:12. 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 41° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Albania
Capital
Tirana 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Tirane
Coordinates
41.33°N, 19.82°E
Currency
ALL (L)
Calling Code
+355
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Albanian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Enver Hoxha's government built somewhere around 170,000 concrete bunkers across Albania between the 1960s and 1980s — roughly one for every four citizens. Two of the largest, under Tirana, are now museums.
The clock: Tirana keeps UTC+1. Private cars were banned in Albania until 1991, so the city's traffic problem is younger than most of its drivers.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap