Current time · Attica · Greece
Current time in Athens
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
- UTC offset
- UTC+2
- Name
- Eastern European Standard Time (EET)
- Daylight saving 2026
- yes
Clock changes in 2026
- March 29, 3:00 AM → 4:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC+2 → UTC+3)
- October 25, 4:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC+3 → UTC+2)
Next change: March 28, 2027 – clocks go forward 1 h (UTC+3).
Sun today
- Sunrise
- 6:51 AM
- Sunset
- 5:25 PM
- Day length
- 10 h 33 min
- Solar noon
- 12:08 PM
Civil dawn and dusk: 6:24 AM and 5:52 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (37.98, 23.73).
Time difference: Athens and other cities
| City | Now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| London | −2 2 h behind | |
| New York | −7 7 h behind | |
| Los Angeles | −10 10 h behind | |
| Chicago | −8 8 h behind | |
| San Francisco | −10 10 h behind | |
| Toronto | −7 7 h behind | |
| Mexico City | −8 8 h behind | |
| São Paulo | −5 5 h behind | |
| Buenos Aires | −5 5 h behind | |
| Paris | −1 1 h behind | |
| Berlin | −1 1 h behind | |
| Amsterdam | −1 1 h behind | |
| Madrid | −1 1 h behind | |
| Rome | −1 1 h behind | |
| Warsaw | −1 1 h behind | |
| Kyiv | ±0 same time | |
| Moscow | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Istanbul | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Cairo | ±0 same time | |
| Lagos | −1 1 h behind | |
| Johannesburg | ±0 same time | |
| Nairobi | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Dubai | +2 2 h ahead | |
| Mumbai | +3:30 3 h 30 min ahead | |
| New Delhi | +3:30 3 h 30 min ahead | |
| Bangkok | +5 5 h ahead | |
| Jakarta | +5 5 h ahead | |
| Singapore | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Hong Kong | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Beijing | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Shanghai | +6 6 h ahead | |
| Seoul | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Tokyo | +7 7 h ahead | |
| Sydney | +9 9 h ahead | |
| Auckland | +11 11 h ahead | |
| Honolulu | −12 12 h behind |
Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city
Nearby cities
Same time zone: Europe/Athens
- Thessaloníki Greece
- Pátrai Greece
In short
Athens is in the Europe/Athens time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC+2. Clocks here are 2 h ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In 2026 the clocks change: standard time is UTC+2 and daylight saving time is UTC+3. Population: about 664,046 (GeoNames).