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Current time in Rome, Italy

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00

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Rome time at a glance

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

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Rome time guide

When does Rome change its clocks?

Rome 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/Rome
Rome and London
Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year

Municipality and metropolitan city

Rome municipality is a defined statistical unit

Istat counted 2,747,290 residents in the Municipality of Rome at the end of 2024. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital includes many other municipalities, so its total should not be presented as the population of Rome municipality.

Time-zone identity for Rome

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

Rome 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 Rome

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 Rome

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Rome, 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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  9. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
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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 Rome, capital of Italy

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

Capital status
Capital of Italy
Administrative area
Lazio, Italy
Population
2,318,895
Coordinates
41.8919° N, 12.5113° E. The elevation is 20 metres.

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Cities near Rome

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Rome. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Sources for Rome 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.
  • Census and population dynamics, 2024
    Italian National Institute of Statistics · Published 2025-12-18 · Accessed
    Official 2024 resident population for Italian municipalities.
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