Europe · Denmark
Current time in Copenhagen
Central European Standard Time. Currently on daylight saving time.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Daylight saving
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Ends Oct 25, 2026 · next week
Through the current period
95%About Copenhagen time
Copenhagen keeps two clocks.
Copenhagen runs on Central European Time (CET/CEST), making it nicely early—so early you can polish off your morning emails and still grab a smørrebrød on the harbor before your colleagues in the East Coast US have had their second coffee. Daylight lingers around eight most of the year, meaning Scandinavia’s shortest workdays occasionally come with world-class hygge in place of the 9-to-5 grind.
Daylight saving
The year, by the clock.
Now
CEST
Daylight saving · since Mar 29, 2026
Next change
Oct 25, 2026
Clocks fall back · next week
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Copenhagen's time zone, daylight saving rules, and scheduling across it. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- When does Europe/Copenhagen switch to summer times?
- In spring, usually on the last weekend in March, clocks shift forward by one hour.
- When does Copenhagen switch back?
- Clocks step back to standard time on the last weekend in October.
- Do clocks point backward in autumn in Copenhagen?
- Yes, in autumn the clocks set to standard Central European Time by stepping backward by one hour.
- Does Copenhagen observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Copenhagen moves from CET (UTC+01:00) to CEST (UTC+02:00) from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
- Who arrived first for lunch—callers in Copenhagen, Berlin, Rome, and Paris?
- They arrived in this order: Copenhagen (CET/CEST), Berlin (CET/CEST), Rome (CET/CEST), and Paris is next (CET/CEST).
- Is Copenhagen’s time shared with the same standard in many European countries?
- Yes, Copenhagen’s official time zone is shared with many European countries—both on standard and daylight saving.
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This city's time zone, as JSON.
The time zone behind Copenhagen: its live offset, abbreviation, DST status and next clock change, from one endpoint.
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