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Vatican City

UTC+2

Vatican City · CEST

Summer
02:44:08Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 20:4824:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
20:48
Daylight
15.2hrs
Population
800
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

The Smallest Country on Earth

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

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Working Hours

8h overlap
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