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Time zone in Italy

Italy uses a single time zone: Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Rome lies at 12.5° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:50 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 10 min of its standard time, so the sun is highest close to noon in winter, and about 1:00 PM in summer.

Daylight saving time in Italy

Yes. Italy moves its clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at 2:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 3:00 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/Rome page.

Clock history of Italy

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:50 in Rome), which ended on December 12, 1866, when RMT (UTC+0:50) replaced it. Clocks have moved for daylight saving time every year since 1970. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of Italy year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Rome.

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 Italy and major cities

• In 2027, Italy is 5 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 6 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Italy is 8 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 9 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Italy is 9 h behind Sydney from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.

Office hours and calls

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

A 9-to-5 day in Italy overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM Italy time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Italy it is 3:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Italy overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Italy time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Italy it is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Italy overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Italy time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Italy it is 1:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

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

Same clock as Italy

These places keep exactly the same time as Italy all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Ceuta, Europe/Andorra, Europe/Belgrade, Europe/Berlin, Europe/Brussels and 10 more).

• BerlinDE
• MadridES
• RomeIT
• ParisFR
• HamburgDE
• BudapestHU
• WarsawPL
• ViennaAT
• BarcelonaES
• StockholmSE
• MunichDE
• MilanIT

Cities in Italy

• Rome
• Milan

Italy at a glance

• CapitalRome
• Population58,915,656
• Time zone IDEurope/Rome
• Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
• Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
• Calling code+39

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