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Current time in Sofia, Bulgaria

Monday, 10 August 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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Weather in Sofia

Conditions near Sofia and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

24°C

Clear

Feels like
22°C
Humidity
40%
Wind
9.4 km/h E
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Sunny16°C to 33°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.1 km/h
  2. Sunny17°C to 35°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.8 km/h
  3. Sunny18°C to 35°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.8 km/h

Forecast valid from 21:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:41:16.485Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:56:16.485Z.

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
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  9. UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00UTC offset decreased by
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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
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  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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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.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.
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