European Time Zones
Europe spans 4 main time zones from UTC+0 (UK and Portugal) to UTC+3 (Russia). Most of continental Europe observes daylight saving time (DST), moving clocks forward 1 hour in late March and back in late October.
Time Zones in Europe
GMT / WET
UTC+1 (BST/WEST in summer)
UK (winter), Ireland, Portugal
CET
UTC+2 (CEST in summer)
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland
EET
UTC+3 (EEST in summer)
Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
MSK
No DST
Western Russia
When Does Europe Change Its Clocks?
Most European countries observe daylight saving time on a unified schedule: clocks spring forward by 1 hour on the last Sunday of March (at 1:00 AM UTC), and fall back on the last Sunday of October (at 1:00 AM UTC).
Russia abolished DST in 2014 and permanently moved to UTC+3 (Moscow Standard Time). Belarus (UTC+3) and Iceland (UTC+0) also do not observe DST. Several non-EU countries in the east follow their own DST rules.
The European Union has discussed eliminating the biannual clock change — a proposal passed the European Parliament in 2019 — but implementation has been postponed indefinitely.