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Time.is

Time in Lugano, Switzerland now

12:16:13AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Lugano switches to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:55AM ↓ 05:21PM (10h 26m) - More info - Make Lugano time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lugano

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Lugano is normally 6 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 Lugano can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lugano is Europe/Zurich.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Lugano

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lugano

Sunrise: 06:55AM
Sunset: 05:21PM
Day length: 10h 26m
Solar noon: 12:08PM
The current local time in Lugano is 68 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lugano on the map

Location: Switzerland
Latitude: 46.010. Longitude: 8.960
Population: 64,000

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Best restaurants in Lugano

#1 Staglio - La pizza al taglio - Pizza and vegetarian options food
#2 Badalucci Taste Of Art - Ristorante specialità pesce - Italian and mediterranean food
#3 Ristorante META - Mediterranean and italian food
#4 Ristorante Motto del Gallo - Italian and mediterranean food

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