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Time in Bucharest, Romania now

23:05:47

Saturday, October 25, 2025, week 43

Bucharest switches to standard time at 04:00 on Sunday, October 26. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:42 ↓ 18:17 (10h 35m) - More info - Make Bucharest time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bucharest

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Bucharest is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bucharest can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bucharest is Europe/Bucharest.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00 to 04:00 local time.

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Bucharest

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bucharest

Sunrise: 07:42
Sunset: 18:17
Day length: 10h 35m
Solar noon: 13:00
The current local time in Bucharest is 60 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bucharest on the map

Bucharest is the capital of Romania.
Latitude: 44.43. Longitude: 26.11
Population: 1,723,000

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