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Time in Sofia, Bulgaria now

11:06:53PM

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Sofia switches to standard time at 04:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:51AM ↓ 06:31PM (10h 40m) - More info - Make Sofia time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Sofia

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 Sofia 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 Sofia can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Sofia is Europe/Sofia.

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 03:00AM to 04:00AM 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 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Sofia

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 Sofia

Sunrise: 07:51AM
Sunset: 06:31PM
Day length: 10h 40m
Solar noon: 01:11PM
The current local time in Sofia is 71 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Sofia on the map

Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria.
Latitude: 42.70. Longitude: 23.32
Population: 1,274,000

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