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Time zone in Romania

Romania 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.

Bucharest lies at 26.1° east, where mean solar time is UTC+1:44 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 16 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:16 PM in winter and an hour later in summer.

Daylight saving time in Romania

Yes. Romania 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/Bucharest page.

Clock history of Romania

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:44 in Bucharest), which ended on September 30, 1891, when BMT (UTC+1:44) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 46 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1932. The table summarises the clocks of Romania year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Bucharest.

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 Romania and major cities

• In 2027, Romania 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, Romania 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

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

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

A 9-to-5 day in Romania overlaps New Delhi’s for 4 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–1:30 PM Romania time), 5 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Romania 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 Bucharest and the difference now.

Same clock as Romania

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

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

Cities in Romania

• Bucharest

Romania at a glance

• CapitalBucharest
• Population19,020,271
• Time zone IDEurope/Bucharest
• Standard timeEET (UTC+2)
• Daylight saving timeEEST (UTC+3)
• Calling code+40

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