Time in The Netherlands now
1:05PMCET
CETUTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Europe/Amsterdam
- Next clock change: Sunday, March 28, 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 AM (CEST, UTC+2)
- Next clock change: Sunday, October 31, 2027: at 3:00 AM clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 AM (CET, UTC+1)
Time zone in The Netherlands
The Netherlands 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.
Amsterdam lies at 4.9° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:20 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 40 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:40 PM in winter and an hour later in summer.
Daylight saving time in The Netherlands
Yes. The Netherlands 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/Amsterdam page.
Clock history of The Netherlands
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:20 in Amsterdam), which ended on January 1, 1835, when AMT (UTC+0:20) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 48 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of The Netherlands year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Amsterdam.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1976 | UTC+1 all year | CET |
| 1977 onward | UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer | CET, CEST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert The Netherlands time
Time difference between The Netherlands and major cities
| City | Local time now | The Netherlands vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +6 h | +6 h | +6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h | +9 h | +9 h | none / none |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | +1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h 30 min | −4 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | 3 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Tokyo | 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −7 h | none / 1 h |
| Sydney | 11:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h | −10 h | −8 h | none / none |
- In 2027, The Netherlands 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, The Netherlands 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, The Netherlands 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 The Netherlands’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in The Netherlands overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM The Netherlands time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in The Netherlands it is 3:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in The Netherlands overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM The Netherlands time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in The Netherlands it is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in The Netherlands overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM The Netherlands time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in The Netherlands 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 Amsterdam and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 360 km | 12:05 PM GMT | −1 h |
| Mariehamn Aland Islands | 1,260 km | 2:05 PM EET | +1 h |
| Minsk Belarus | 1,520 km | 3:05 PM UTC+3 | +2 h |
| Algiers Algeria | 1,740 km | 1:05 PM CET | +0 h |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2,010 km | 12:05 PM GMT | −1 h |
| Tripoli Libya | 2,270 km | 2:05 PM EET | +1 h |
Same clock as The Netherlands
These places keep exactly the same time as The Netherlands all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Ceuta, Europe/Andorra, Europe/Belgrade, Europe/Berlin, Europe/Budapest and 10 more).
Cities in The Netherlands
The Netherlands at a glance
- CapitalAmsterdam
- Population18,087,633
- Time zone IDEurope/Amsterdam
- Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
- Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
- Calling code+31