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Current time in Athens, Greece

Friday, 25 September 2026

Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00

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Athens time at a glance

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

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Athens time guide

When does Athens change its clocks?

Athens uses UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer, following the European seasonal clock-change schedule. The current calculated offset is UTC+03:00.
Standard time
Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+02:00
Summer time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), UTC+03:00
Time-zone identifier
Europe/Athens
Athens and London
Normally 2 hours ahead; short exceptions can occur around clock-change dates

Municipality and urban area

Athens figures depend on the boundary used

The 2021 census counted 643,452 residents in the Municipality of Athens. The continuous urban area and the wider Attica region are much larger, so a population figure should always identify whether it refers to the municipality, urban area or region.

Time-zone identity for Athens

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

Athens 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 Athens

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 Athens

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Athens, 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 Athens, capital of Greece

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

Capital status
Capital of Greece
Administrative area
Attica, Greece
Population
664,046
Coordinates
37.9838° N, 23.7278° E. The elevation is 70 metres.

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Sources for Athens 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.
  • 2021 Population-Housing Census results
    Hellenic Statistical Authority · 2021 census · Accessed
    Official resident-population results and geographic tables.
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