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Time in Bucharest, Romania now

07:56:32AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Bucharest switched to standard time at 04:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:44AM ↓ 05:15PM (10h 32m) - More info - Make Bucharest time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bucharest

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
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 October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Bucharest

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
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	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 Bucharest

Sunrise: 06:44AM
Sunset: 05:15PM
Day length: 10h 32m
The local time in Bucharest is currently the same as the 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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