Check the current local time in Rome, Italy. Rome uses the Europe/Rome time zone, with CET (UTC +1:00) during standard time and CEST (UTC +2:00) during daylight saving time.
CET
UTC +1:00
Used outside daylight saving time
CEST
UTC +2:00
Observed during daylight saving time
DST ends
October 25, 2026
Based on Last Sunday in March / Last Sunday in October
Rome runs on CET (winter) or CEST (summer). Government offices and traditional businesses observe an extended lunch (1-3 PM), though modern corporate life increasingly skips this. Business hours 9 AM - 6 PM with a 1-1.5 h lunch. Milan (not Rome) anchors Italian financial services — Borsa Italiana is Milan-based. Both cities share the same CET offset.
Europe stretches across four main timezones — GMT/BST (UK, Ireland, Portugal), CET/CEST (most of continental Europe), EET/EEST (Greece, Finland, the Baltics), and MSK (Russia's westernmost cities). Most countries observe DST in unison — last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October — creating clean 1-hour steps between neighbouring zones. Icelandic and Russian cities are exceptions with no seasonal shift.
Rome is located in Italy and uses the Europe/Rome time zone. For anyone coordinating calls or meetings internationally, the key question is rarely "what time is it" — it's which hours in Rome overlap with your own working day. Use the world clock comparison further down the page to see at a glance how Rome aligns with other major cities.
Scheduling tip: Always reference a city name in calendar invites rather than a fixed UTC offset. Calendar apps like Google Calendar and Outlook will automatically adjust for any clock changes on both ends, so your meeting stays at the intended local time for everyone involved.
Daylight Saving Time
DST ends on October 25, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in Rome.
Find the perfect overlap time between your timezone and Rome. Our calculator shows when business hours align.
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