Vatican City · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Vatican City, Vatican City 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 Vatican City 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 Vatican City lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Vatican City 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 Vatican City lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Vatican City 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 Vatican City 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 Vatican City.
Practical Info
Vatican City (Vatican City) is home to roughly 800 people. Today brings about 15.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 20:48. 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 42° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Vatican City
Capital
Vatican City 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Vatican
Coordinates
41.90°N, 12.45°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+379
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Italian, Latin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Vatican City covers about 0.49 square kilometres with a population under 900, making it the smallest sovereign state in the world by both measures. Its Secret Archives hold roughly 85 kilometres of shelving.
The clock: Vatican City keeps UTC+1 with Italy. It is the only country with a functioning Latin-language ATM interface.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap