BratislavaSlovakia
Current time in Bratislava, Slovakia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBratislava time at a glance
- Country
- Slovakia
- Location
- Capital city of Slovakia
- Time zone
Europe/Bratislava- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Bratislava time guide
When does Bratislava change its clocks?
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/Bratislava
- Bratislava and London
- Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year
Municipality, region and urban area
Bratislava figures depend on administrative level
Slovakia's 2021 census publishes the City of Bratislava through its boroughs and separately reports the Bratislava Region. Regional or functional urban totals include communities outside the city boundary.
Time-zone identity for Bratislava
- IANA zone
Europe/Bratislava- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- CEST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Bratislava 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 Bratislava
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 Bratislava
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Bratislava, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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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 Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Slovakia
- Administrative area
- Bratislava Region, Slovakia
- Population
- 423,737
- Coordinates
- 48.1482° N, 17.1067° E. The elevation is 157 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Bratislava
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Bratislava. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Staré MestoBratislava Region, Slovakia1.3 km west
Europe/BratislavaSame local time - PetržalkaBratislava Region, Slovakia3.2 km southeast
Europe/BratislavaSame local time - Karlova VesBratislava Region, Slovakia3.9 km west
Europe/BratislavaSame local time - Dlhé dielyBratislava Region, Slovakia4.6 km west
Europe/BratislavaSame local time - DúbravkaBratislava Region, Slovakia7 km northwest
Europe/BratislavaSame local time - VrakuňaBratislava Region, Slovakia7.6 km east
Europe/BratislavaSame local time
Sources for Bratislava 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 and Housing Census 2021Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic · 2021 census · AccessedOfficial census results by municipality, borough and region.