UTC+01:00

UTC+01:00
UTC+01:00
Time zone
	World map with the time zone highlighted
UTC offset
UTC	UTC+01:00
Current time
	01:05, 22 May 2026 UTC+01:00 [refresh]
Central meridian
	15 degrees E
Date-time group
	A

UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. It indicates a point of time meaning Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus one hour. It is synonymous with Central European Time (CET).

Time in Africa:

Light Blue Cape Verde Time^[a] (UTC−1)

Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Red
Central European Time
West Africa Time
(UTC+1)^[b]

Yellow
Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
South African Standard Time
(UTC+2)

Ochre Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2)

Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3)

Green East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Turquoise
Mauritius Time^[d]
Seychelles Time^[d]
(UTC+4)

^a The islands of Cape Verde lie west of the African mainland.
^b During Ramadan, Morocco switches to Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) and returns to UTC+1 after it ends.
^d Mauritius and the Seychelles lie to the east and northeast of Madagascar, respectively.

This time is used in:

Central European Time (Northern Hemisphere winter)

Principal cities: Berlin, Budapest, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dortmund, Essen, Bremen, Hanover, Mainz, Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence, Palermo, Turin, Genoa, Vatican City, San Marino, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Lille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice, Monaco, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga, Bilbao, A Coruña, Granada, Andorra, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zürich, Geneva, Bern, Bellinzona, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Luxembourg, Valletta, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague, Zagreb, Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica, Skopje, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Vaduz, Schaan, Serravalle, Dogana, Monte Carlo, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Westside, St. Paul's Bay, Malmö.

Europe

Central Europe

Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France (Metropolitan)
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
- Svalbard (including Bear Island)
- Jan Mayen
Poland
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain^[1] (continental territory including Balearic Islands,^[1] Ceuta and Melilla, and excluding Canary Islands, which observe UTC+1 during summer)
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Gibraltar
Vatican City

Antarctica

Norway
- Bouvet Island^[a]
- Queen Maud Land

Western European Summer Time (Northern Hemisphere summer)

Principal cities: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow, Cardiff, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Tórshavn

Europe

Western Europe

Denmark
- Faroe Islands
Ireland
Portugal (Including Madeira and excluding Azores islands)
United Kingdom (Great Britain) – (GMT / BST)^[2] (Including Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey)
Channel Islands (Crown Dependencies)
- Alderney
- Sark
- Herm
- Isle of Wight
- Normandy
Some small islands Channel Islands or Crown Dependencies
- Brecqhou
- Jethou
- Lihou
- Écréhous
- Minquiers
- Les Dirouilles
- Pierres de Lecq
- Casquets
- Renonquet
- Caquorobert
- Crevichon
- Grande Amfroque
- Les Houmets

Atlantic Ocean

Portugal
- Madeira
Spain
- Canary Islands (the rest of Spain observes UTC+1 during winter)

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Lagos, Abuja, Kinshasa, Algiers, Tunis, Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Marrakesh, Yaoundé, Fez, Douala, Malabo, Bata, Libreville, Niamey, Tangier, N'Djamena, Bangui, Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Luanda, Laayoune

Africa

West Africa

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- The provinces of Bandundu, Équateur, Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi and Tshuapa^[3]
Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Tunisia

Discrepancies between official UTC+01:00 and geographical UTC+01:00

Areas in UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+02:00

From south to north:

South Africa
- The westernmost part, including Cape Town
Botswana
- The western part of the districts:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The very westernmost part of Lualaba Province, Kasaï-Central and Sankuru
Libya
- The most part in the country, including nation's capital Tripoli
Greece (standard time)
- The western part, including Patras and Ioanina
Romania (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Timișoara
Russia
- Kaliningrad Oblast
Lithuania (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Klaipėda
Latvia (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Liepāja
Estonia (standard time)
- The westernmost parts of the Saare and Hiiu counties
Finland (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Turku

Areas outside UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+01:00 time

Areas between meridians 7°30'W and 7°30'E ("physical" UTC+00:00)

All of:

Andorra
Belgium
Gibraltar
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Benin

Most of:

Spain, excluding Canary Islands (which use UTC) and westernmost part of the mainland (see below)
France (with exception of small parts of Alsace, Lorraine and Provence are east of 7°30'E)
Algeria, including Algiers

Parts of:

Equatorial Guinea (Annobón Island only)
Morocco (northeastern part)
Niger (western part)
Nigeria (western part)
Germany (The very westernmost part)
Switzerland (westernmost part)
Italy (The very northwesternmost part)
Norway (Bouvet Island and southwesternmost part)

Areas between meridians 22°30'W and 7°30'W ("physical" UTC−01:00)

Spain
- Parts of Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia
Norway
- Jan Mayen
Morocco
- Southwestern part, including Casablanca
Western Sahara
- Most part in the territory (occupied by Morocco, excluding claimed by Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic which use UTC+00:00)

Notes

↑ Despite being on the Southern Hemisphere, Bouvet Island uses Northern Hemisphere daylight saving time.

References

1 2 "Europe Time Zone Map". WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ "Europe Time Zone Globe". TimeTemperature.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
↑ "Time Zones of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". Statoids. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

Media related to UTC+01:00 at Wikimedia Commons

[2] Despite being on the Southern Hemisphere, Bouvet Island uses Northern Hemisphere daylight saving time.

[wtzeur-1] 1 2 "Europe Time Zone Map". WorldTimeZone.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

[tteurope-3] "Europe Time Zone Globe". TimeTemperature.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[statdrc-4] "Time Zones of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". Statoids. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

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Light Blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Blue	Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Blue	Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)
Red	Central European Time (UTC+1)
Red	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Yellow	Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2)
Ochre	Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Ochre	Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
Green	Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise	Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time (UTC+4)
Pink	Kazakhstan Time / Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+5)

Light Blue	Cape Verde Time^[a] (UTC−1)
Blue	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Red	Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)^[b]
Yellow	Central Africa Time Eastern European Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Ochre	Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2)
Ochre	Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3)
Green	East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise	Mauritius Time^[d] Seychelles Time^[d] (UTC+4)