Check the current local time in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich uses the Europe/Zurich 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
Zurich runs on CET (winter) or CEST (summer). SIX Swiss Exchange trading runs 9 AM - 5:30 PM CET. Business hours 8 AM - 5:30 PM. Zurich anchors Swiss financial services (UBS, Credit Suisse, Julius Baer, private banking cluster). The city's business culture is precise about start times — "9 AM" means 9 AM sharp.
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.
Zurich is located in Switzerland and uses the Europe/Zurich time zone. For anyone coordinating calls or meetings internationally, the key question is rarely "what time is it" — it's which hours in Zurich overlap with your own working day. Use the world clock comparison further down the page to see at a glance how Zurich 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.
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Daylight Saving Time
DST ends on October 25, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in Zurich.
Find the perfect overlap time between your timezone and Zurich. Our calculator shows when business hours align.
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