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Current time in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Friday, 25 September 2026

Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00

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Amsterdam time at a glance

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

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Amsterdam time guide

When does Amsterdam change its clocks?

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

Municipality and metropolitan region

Amsterdam municipality is not Greater Amsterdam

Statistics Netherlands recorded 934,526 residents in Amsterdam municipality for 2025. Greater Amsterdam and the metropolitan region include neighboring municipalities and therefore use wider population boundaries.

Time-zone identity for Amsterdam

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

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam

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 Amsterdam

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Amsterdam, 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
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  6. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
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  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 Amsterdam, capital of The Netherlands

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

Capital status
Capital of The Netherlands
Administrative area
North Holland, The Netherlands
Population
741,636
Coordinates
52.3740° N, 4.8897° E. The elevation is 13 metres.

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Sources for Amsterdam 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.
  • Areas in the Netherlands 2025
    Statistics Netherlands (CBS) · 2025 · Accessed
    Official municipal population and regional classification table.
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