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UTC to CET converter

Convert UTC to Central European Time. Paris and Berlin are 1 hour ahead of UTC in winter (CET) and 2 hours ahead in summer (CEST).

From
UTC
To
Paris
Live
UTCUTC
9:00 AM
 
Working hours
ParisCET
10:00 AM
 
Working hours

Paris is 1 hour ahead of UTC (UTC vs CET).

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Gap
1 hour
Paris ahead of UTC today
Working hours overlap
9:00 AM–4:00 PM UTC
10:00 AM–5:00 PM in Paris; both sides in a 9-to-5 day
Next gap change
Mar 28, 2027
The gap becomes 2 hours (Paris clocks go forward)
9:00 AM UTC
10:00 AM CET
Paris is 1 hour ahead of UTC, as of Nov 6, 2026

Where UTC meets European time

Reading a UTC timestamp in central Europe means adding one hour in winter and two hours in summer. 12:00 UTC is 1:00 PM in Berlin in January and 2:00 PM in July. The EU changes its clocks on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October.

The change is invisible to anything stored in UTC, which is exactly why European software teams keep their servers on it. For people, it means that the same UTC time slot moves across the local day by an hour twice a year.

European developers, traders and event organisers constantly translate between the two.

Deployments and incidents

A release window is set in UTC and the European on-call team has to translate it.

  • 06:00 UTC is 7:00 AM CET, 8:00 AM CEST
  • 14:00 UTC is 3:00 PM CET, 4:00 PM CEST
  • 22:00 UTC is 11:00 PM CET, midnight CEST

A late-evening UTC release can fall on the next date in Berlin.

Exchange data

Data vendors give timestamps in UTC while European exchanges quote local time.

  • An 8:00 AM CET market open is 07:00 UTC
  • The 5:30 PM close is 16:30 UTC in winter, 15:30 UTC in summer
  • A 9:00 AM CEST open is 07:00 UTC

The UTC hours of European exchanges shift by an hour with the season.

Online events

Global streams and game updates publish in UTC.

  • 18:00 UTC is 7:00 PM CET or 8:00 PM CEST
  • 12:00 UTC is 1:00 PM CET or 2:00 PM CEST
  • 00:00 UTC is 1:00 AM CET or 2:00 AM CEST

Check the month: the answer is different in July and January.

UTC deadlines for Europeans

A deadline of 23:59 UTC is 00:59 CET (or 01:59 CEST) the next day. Applicants in Germany or France can therefore use a few extra hours after midnight local time, but should be careful not to rely on the date written on their own wall calendar.

A daily reset at 00:00 UTC happens at 1:00 AM CET or 2:00 AM CEST. For a European e-commerce shop, this is during the night when traffic is lowest, which is a reason to prefer UTC for batch jobs.

One hour in winter, two in summer

UTC does not change. Central Europe moves to summer time at 1:00 AM UTC on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of October. The offset is +1 between October and March and +2 between March and October.

Dates for 2026–27. Calculated from the IANA time zone database on Nov 6, 2026: today Paris is 1 hour ahead of UTC. In northern winter the gap is 1 hour, in northern summer 2 hours. The clock changes ahead are:
  • Mar 28, 2027: Paris moves to CEST (UTC+2); the gap becomes 2 hours
  • Oct 31, 2027: Paris moves to CET (UTC+1); the gap becomes 1 hour

The EU has had a long-running debate about abolishing the change, but at the time of writing the rule is still in force. If it were to change, the winter or summer offset would become permanent, and this page would be updated.

UTC to Paris, every hour

Times are for Nov 6, 2026, when Paris is 1 hour ahead of UTC. The gap changes on the dates listed above. Green rows are the hours when both places are inside a 9-to-5 day.

UTC (UTC)ParisCET, +1 hr
12:00 AM (midnight)1:00 AM
1:00 AM2:00 AM
2:00 AM3:00 AM
3:00 AM4:00 AM
4:00 AM5:00 AM
5:00 AM6:00 AM
6:00 AM7:00 AM
7:00 AM8:00 AM
8:00 AM9:00 AM
9:00 AM10:00 AM
10:00 AM11:00 AM
11:00 AM12:00 PM
12:00 PM (noon)1:00 PM
1:00 PM2:00 PM
2:00 PM3:00 PM
3:00 PM4:00 PM
4:00 PM5:00 PM
5:00 PM6:00 PM
6:00 PM7:00 PM
7:00 PM8:00 PM
8:00 PM9:00 PM
9:00 PM10:00 PM
10:00 PM11:00 PM
11:00 PM12:00 AM next day

“next day” and “previous day” mean Paris is on a different calendar date from UTC.

Quick answers

What is 12:00 UTC in CET?

13:00 CET in winter and 14:00 CEST in summer.

Is CET UTC plus 1?

Yes. CEST is UTC plus 2.

What is 00:00 UTC in Berlin?

01:00 in winter and 02:00 in summer.

How do I convert UTC to CET?

Add 1 hour in winter or 2 hours in summer.

When does the EU change its clocks?

On the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October, at 1:00 AM UTC.