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Current time in Basel, Switzerland

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00

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Basel time at a glance

Country
Switzerland
Location
City in Basel-City
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
UTC offset now
UTC+02:00
Current zone label
CEST
Next clock change
25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET

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Time-zone identity for Basel

IANA zone
Europe/Zurich
UTC offset now
UTC+02:00
Current zone label
CEST
Clock-change status
An offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Basel 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 Basel

UTC+01:00UTC+01:00

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 Basel

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

Previous 5 years

  1. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
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  6. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
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  8. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC 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.

Location context

About Basel

Location details for Basel in Basel-City, Switzerland.

Administrative area
Basel-City, Switzerland
Population
177,595
Coordinates
47.5584° N, 7.5733° E. The elevation is 279 metres.

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Sources for Basel time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

View 3 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.