Current time in Basel
Friday, 17 July 2026
Basel, Switzerland · Europe/Zurich · UTC+02:00
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
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
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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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Basel
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Europe/Zurich local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:50
- Sunset
- 21:22
- Solar noon
- 13:36
- Civil twilight
- 05:11–22:00
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:32
- Moonset
- 23:05
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 12%
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.
Country context
Switzerland at a glance
Country information for Switzerland. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Bern
- Country codes
- CH · CHE · 756
- Population
- 8,516,543
- Currency
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- Calling code
- +41
- Languages
- German (Switzerland), French (Switzerland), Italian (Switzerland), and Romansh
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Europe/Zurich.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Basel
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Basel. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RiehenBasel-City, Switzerland6 km east
Europe/ZurichSame local time - AllschwilBasel-Landschaft, Switzerland2.9 km west
Europe/ZurichSame local time - MuttenzBasel-Landschaft, Switzerland6.7 km southeast
Europe/ZurichSame local time - ReinachBasel-Landschaft, Switzerland7 km south
Europe/ZurichSame local time - OltenSolothurn, Switzerland34 km southeast
Europe/ZurichSame local time - SolothurnSwitzerland39 km south
Europe/ZurichSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Europe/Zurich when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 2661604 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:19:00.835Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:19:00.854Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.