Time Zone Information
Budapest, Hungary
Current Time
15:44:40
Friday, October 30, 2026 local time in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary uses the Europe/Budapest time zone, currently UTC+1.
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 Budapest.
Time Zone
| City | Budapest |
|---|---|
| Country | Hungary |
| Time Zone (IANA) | Europe/Budapest |
| UTC Offset | UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | 47.4983500, 19.0404500 |
| Population | 1,741,041 |
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
DST Observed Budapest observes daylight saving time. The UTC offset changes when DST starts and ends; the offset shown above already reflects the current DST status.
Related Cities in Europe/Budapest
| City | Country | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Pest | Hungary | 1,001,748 |
| Buda | Hungary | 510,108 |
| Debrecen | Hungary | 202,402 |
| Szeged | Hungary | 160,766 |
| Miskolc | Hungary | 154,521 |
| Pécs | Hungary | 145,347 |
| Budapest XI. kerület | Hungary | 139,049 |
| Zugló | Hungary | 130,000 |
| Győr | Hungary | 129,301 |
| Budapest III. kerület | Hungary | 123,723 |