BernSwitzerland
Current time in Bern, Switzerland
Friday, 25 September 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBern time at a glance
- Country
- Switzerland
- Location
- Capital city of Switzerland
- Time zone
Europe/Zurich- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Bern time guide
When does Bern 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
- Bern and London
- Bern is normally 1 hour ahead as both cities change clocks seasonally
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Zurich
City, district and canton
City of Bern statistics use the municipal boundary
Bern’s municipal statistics report 146,867 residents at the end of 2025 and publish smaller figures by six city districts and statistical neighbourhoods. Canton Bern and the Bern-Mittelland region cover much wider areas.
Time-zone identity for Bern
- 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.
Bern 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 Bern
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 Bern
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.
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Next 5 years
- UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
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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 Bern, capital of Switzerland
Bern is the capital of Switzerland. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Switzerland
- Administrative area
- Switzerland
- Population
- 121,631
- Coordinates
- 46.9481° N, 7.4474° E. The elevation is 549 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Bern
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Bern. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KönizBern, Switzerland3.6 km southwest
Europe/ZurichSame local time - BurgdorfBern, Switzerland18 km northeast
Europe/ZurichSame local time - SteffisburgBern, Switzerland24 km southeast
Europe/ZurichSame local time - ThunBern, Switzerland26 km southeast
Europe/ZurichSame local time - Biel/BienneBern, Switzerland26 km northwest
Europe/ZurichSame local time - GrenchenSolothurn, Switzerland27 km north
Europe/ZurichSame local time
Sources for Bern 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.
- Population structure at the end of 2025City of Bern Statistics · Final population at 2025 year end, published 2026-01-27 · AccessedOfficial municipal population and sub-city statistical geography for Bern.