Croatia · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Zagreb, Croatia 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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Zagreb 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 Zagreb lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Zagreb 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 Zagreb 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 Zagreb.
Practical Info
Zagreb (Croatia) is home to roughly 770K people. Today brings about 15.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, 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 46° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Croatia
Capital
Zagreb 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Zagreb
Coordinates
45.81°N, 15.98°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+385
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Croatian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Grič cannon has been fired from Lotrščak Tower at exactly 12:00 every day since 1 January 1877, originally so the city's church bells could synchronise. They no longer need it. It is still fired.
The clock: Zagreb keeps UTC+1, and the cannon is now checked against an atomic reference — a time signal that has outlived its own purpose by nearly 150 years.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap