Local time in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Current local time in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CET (UTC+1)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Sarajevo
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Differences are relative to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Standard label
- CET (UTC+1)
- Standard offset (Sarajevo)
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Sarajevo
- IANA zones
- Europe/Belgrade
Bosnia and Herzegovina uses CET (UTC+1) as its standard time. Clocks move forward in summer for daylight saving time, so the local offset alternates seasonally around the UTC+1 standard. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sunrise and sunset in Sarajevo
At 43.9° north, Sarajevo gets 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 8 h 54 min around the December solstice — a difference of 6 h 34 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 07:15 | 11:58 | 16:42 | 9 h 27 min |
| 21 February | 06:38 | 12:01 | 17:24 | 10 h 46 min |
| 21 March | 05:49 | 11:54 | 18:00 | 12 h 10 min |
| 21 April | 05:55 | 12:46 | 19:37 | 13 h 42 min |
| 21 May | 05:16 | 12:44 | 20:12 | 14 h 56 min |
| 21 June | 05:05 | 12:49 | 20:33 | 15 h 28 min |
| 21 July | 05:24 | 12:53 | 20:23 | 14 h 59 min |
| 21 August | 05:58 | 12:51 | 19:43 | 13 h 45 min |
| 21 September | 06:33 | 12:40 | 18:48 | 12 h 15 min |
| 21 October | 07:08 | 12:32 | 17:55 | 10 h 47 min |
| 21 November | 06:49 | 11:33 | 16:17 | 9 h 28 min |
| 21 December | 07:18 | 11:45 | 16:12 | 8 h 54 min |
Calculated for Sarajevo (43.86°, 18.41°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clocks in Sarajevo change twice a year. Clock changes in 2026 and 2027, in local time:
- ForwardSunday 29 March 2026
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+2) - BackSunday 25 October 2026
Clocks go back 1 hour: 03:00 becomes 02:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+1) - ForwardSunday 28 March 2027
Clocks go forward 1 hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+2) - BackSunday 31 October 2027
Clocks go back 1 hour: 03:00 becomes 02:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+1)
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.