| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −5h on 24 Oct |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −8h on 24 Oct |
Zadar, Croatia runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. The time difference between Zadar and New York is 6 hours. 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 Zadar lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Zadar and London is 1 hour. 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 Zadar lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Zadar and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Zadar 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 Zadar.
Zadar (Croatia) is home to roughly 75K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:55, sunset at 18:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 44° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Croatia
Capital
Zagreb
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Europe/Zagreb
Coordinates
44.12°N, 15.23°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+385
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Croatian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Sea Organ, built in 2005, is a set of 35 pipes under white stone steps that the waves push air through, producing chords that change with the swell. Beside it, a solar-powered light installation runs off the day's collected energy.
The clock: Zadar keeps UTC+1. Alfred Hitchcock said its sunset was the most beautiful in the world, which the tourist board has never allowed anyone to forget.
Zadar lies at 15.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:59, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 59 minutes and pushing solar noon to 12:59.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 30m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 52m. The swing between them is 6h 38m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Zadar the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 05:15, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 20:46. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Zadar that civil twilight runs about 29 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 37 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Zadar, Croatia is Europe/Zagreb with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Zadar has an estimated population of 75K and is located at coordinates 44.12°N, 15.23°E.
Zadar gets 15h 30m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 52m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Zadar falls at about 11:59 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 0.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Organ Played by the Sea: The Sea Organ, built in 2005, is a set of 35 pipes under white stone steps that the waves push air through, producing chords that change with the swell.