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Current time in Sofia, Bulgaria

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00

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Sofia time at a glance

Country
Bulgaria
Location
Capital city of Bulgaria
Time zone
Europe/Sofia
UTC offset now
UTC+03:00
Current zone label
EEST
Next clock change
25 October 2026 at 03:00 EET

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Sofia time guide

When does Sofia change its clocks?

Sofia uses UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer, changing between EET and EEST. The current calculated offset is UTC+03:00.
Winter clock
Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+02:00
Summer clock
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), UTC+03:00
Sofia and London
Sofia is normally 2 hours ahead as both cities change clocks seasonally
Time-zone identifier
Europe/Sofia

City and municipality

Sofia Municipality extends beyond Sofia city

Sofia Municipality has regional status and contains 38 settlements: Sofia plus three other towns and 34 villages. Sofia itself is divided into 24 districts, so municipality totals cover a broader boundary than the capital city alone.

Time-zone identity for Sofia

IANA zone
Europe/Sofia
UTC offset now
UTC+03:00
Current zone label
EEST
Clock-change status
An offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Sofia is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Next clock change in Sofia

UTC+02:00UTC+02:00

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 Sofia

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Sofia, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

  1. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by

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 Sofia, capital of Bulgaria

Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of Bulgaria
Administrative area
Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria
Population
1,152,556
Coordinates
42.6975° N, 23.3241° E. The elevation is 562 metres.

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Cities near Sofia

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Sofia. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Sources for Sofia 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 cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Administrative-territorial division
    Sofia Municipality · Current municipal structure accessed 2026-09-07 · Accessed
    Official settlement and district structure for Sofia Municipality.
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