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Time zone in Poland

Poland 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.

Warsaw lies at 21.0° east, where mean solar time is UTC+1:24 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 24 min behind the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 11:36 AM in winter, and mornings get light early.

Daylight saving time in Poland

Yes. Poland 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/Warsaw page.

Clock history of Poland

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:24 in Warsaw), which ended on January 1, 1880, when WMT (UTC+1:24) 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 Poland year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Warsaw.

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 Poland and major cities

• In 2027, Poland 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, Poland 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, Poland 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

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

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

A 9-to-5 day in Poland overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Poland time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Poland 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 Warsaw and the difference now.

Same clock as Poland

These places keep exactly the same time as Poland 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 Poland

• Warsaw

Poland at a glance

• CapitalWarsaw
• Population36,435,861
• Time zone IDEurope/Warsaw
• Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
• Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
• Calling code+48

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