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Current time in Budapest, Hungary

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00

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Budapest time at a glance

Country
Hungary
Location
Capital city of Hungary
Time zone
Europe/Budapest
UTC offset now
UTC+02:00
Current zone label
CEST
Next clock change
25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET

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Budapest time guide

When does Budapest change its clocks?

Budapest uses UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer, following the European seasonal clock-change schedule. The current calculated offset is UTC+02:00.
Standard time
Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
Summer time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00
Time-zone identifier
Europe/Budapest
Budapest and London
Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year

Capital municipality and urban region

The official settlement count has a defined date

The Hungarian Central Statistical Office recorded 1,685,209 residents in Budapest on January 1, 2025. That figure is for the Budapest settlement and should be distinguished from broader agglomeration or metropolitan-area estimates.

Time-zone identity for Budapest

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

Budapest 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 Budapest

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 Budapest

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Budapest, 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
  2. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  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.

Capital city context

About Budapest, capital of Hungary

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

Capital status
Capital of Hungary
Administrative area
Hungary
Population
1,741,041
Coordinates
47.4984° N, 19.0404° E. The elevation is 104 metres.

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Sources for Budapest 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.
  • 50 largest settlements in Hungary, 1 January 2025
    Hungarian Central Statistical Office · Published for 2025-01-01 · Accessed
    Official resident-population table for Hungarian settlements.
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