Time Zone Information
Bucharest, Romania
Current Time
16:52:23
Friday, October 30, 2026 local time in Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania uses the Europe/Bucharest time zone, currently UTC+2.
Clocks here switch twice a year — one hour forward in spring, one hour back in autumn — so the gap to other zones changes by an hour for part of the year. Check the offset above before booking an international call or a flight connection.
Time zone names come from the IANA tz database, the same source operating systems use, so the offset shown matches what your calendar will apply to a meeting in Bucharest.
Time Zone
| City | Bucharest |
|---|---|
| Country | Romania |
| Time Zone (IANA) | Europe/Bucharest |
| UTC Offset | UTC+2 |
| Coordinates | 44.4322500, 26.1062600 |
| Population | 1,877,155 |
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
DST Observed Bucharest observes daylight saving time. The UTC offset changes when DST starts and ends; the offset shown above already reflects the current DST status.