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Time zone in Estonia

Estonia uses a single time zone: Eastern European Standard Time (EET, UTC+2) in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Tallinn lies at 24.8° east, where mean solar time is UTC+1:39 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 21 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:21 PM in winter and an hour later in summer.

Daylight saving time in Estonia

Yes. Estonia moves its clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at 3:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 4:00 AM (local time).

The dates come from EU Directive 2000/84/EC, which makes every member state change at the same instant, 1:00 a.m. GMT. The plan to end the changes has been stalled in the Council since 2019; the daylight saving time page explains it.

All coming change dates are on the Europe/Tallinn page.

Clock history of Estonia

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:39 in Tallinn), which ended on January 1, 1880, when TMT (UTC+1:39) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 41 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1918. The table summarises the clocks of Estonia year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Tallinn.

Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, September 24, 1989, from UTC+3 to UTC+2.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

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Time difference between Estonia and major cities

• In 2027, Estonia is 6 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 7 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Estonia is 9 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 10 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Estonia’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Estonia overlaps New York’s for 1 h in January (4:00 PM–5:00 PM Estonia time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Estonia it is 2:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Estonia overlaps London’s for 6 h in January (11:00 AM–5:00 PM Estonia time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Estonia it is 7:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Estonia overlaps New Delhi’s for 4 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–1:30 PM Estonia time), 5 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Estonia it is 12:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Tallinn and the difference now.

Same clock as Estonia

These places keep exactly the same time as Estonia all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Famagusta, Asia/Nicosia, Europe/Athens, Europe/Bucharest, Europe/Chisinau and 5 more).

• KyivUA
• BucharestRO
• KharkivUA
• SofiaBG
• OdesaUA
• RigaLV
• AthensGR
• HelsinkiFI
• ChisinauMD
• VilniusLT
• TallinnEE
• NicosiaCY

Cities in Estonia

• Tallinn

Estonia at a glance

• CapitalTallinn
• Population1,366,475
• Time zone IDEurope/Tallinn
• Standard timeEET (UTC+2)
• Daylight saving timeEEST (UTC+3)
• Calling code+372

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