BrusselsBelgium
Current time in Brussels, Belgium
Friday, 25 September 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBrussels time at a glance
- Country
- Belgium
- Location
- Capital city of Belgium
- Time zone
Europe/Brussels- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Brussels time guide
When does Brussels change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Winter clock
- Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
- Summer clock
- Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00
- Brussels and London
- Brussels is normally 1 hour ahead as both cities change clocks seasonally
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Brussels
City and capital region
The City of Brussels is one of 19 municipalities
The Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis publishes separate municipal profiles within the Brussels-Capital Region. The City of Brussels is one municipality, while regional totals combine all 19, so the two population boundaries should not be treated as equivalent.
Time-zone identity for Brussels
- IANA zone
Europe/Brussels- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- CEST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Brussels is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Brussels
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Brussels
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Brussels, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Brussels, capital of Belgium
Brussels is the capital of Belgium. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Belgium
- Administrative area
- Brussels Capital, Belgium
- Population
- 1,019,022
- Coordinates
- 50.8505° N, 4.3488° E. The elevation is 28 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Brussels
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Brussels. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KoekelbergBrussels Capital, Belgium1.7 km northwest
Europe/BrusselsSame local time - Saint-Josse-ten-NoodeBrussels Capital, Belgium1.7 km east
Europe/BrusselsSame local time - IxellesBrussels Capital, Belgium2.3 km southeast
Europe/BrusselsSame local time - Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital, Belgium2.5 km west
Europe/BrusselsSame local time - Saint-GillesBrussels Capital, Belgium2.6 km south
Europe/BrusselsSame local time - JetteBrussels Capital, Belgium2.7 km north
Europe/BrusselsSame local time
Sources for Brussels time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- City of Brussels: key figures by municipalityBrussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis · Current municipal profile accessed 2026-09-07 · AccessedOfficial municipal profile and city-versus-region statistical context for Brussels.