Local time in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Current local time in the Czech Republic (CET (UTC+1)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Prague
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Differences are relative to Prague, the Czech Republic, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for the Czech Republic
- Standard label
- CET (UTC+1)
- Standard offset (Prague)
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Prague
- IANA zones
- Europe/Prague
The Czech Republic 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 the Czech Republic.
Sunrise and sunset in Prague
At 50.1° north, Prague gets 16 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 8 h 03 min around the December solstice — a difference of 8 h 20 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 07:51 | 12:14 | 16:37 | 8 h 47 min |
| 21 February | 07:03 | 12:17 | 17:31 | 10 h 27 min |
| 21 March | 06:04 | 12:10 | 18:16 | 12 h 12 min |
| 21 April | 05:58 | 13:02 | 20:05 | 14 h 07 min |
| 21 May | 05:10 | 13:00 | 20:50 | 15 h 40 min |
| 21 June | 04:53 | 13:05 | 21:16 | 16 h 23 min |
| 21 July | 05:17 | 13:09 | 21:02 | 15 h 45 min |
| 21 August | 06:01 | 13:07 | 20:12 | 14 h 11 min |
| 21 September | 06:47 | 12:56 | 19:05 | 12 h 18 min |
| 21 October | 07:34 | 12:48 | 18:01 | 10 h 27 min |
| 21 November | 07:25 | 11:49 | 16:13 | 8 h 47 min |
| 21 December | 07:59 | 12:01 | 16:03 | 8 h 03 min |
Calculated for Prague (50.09°, 14.42°; 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 the Czech Republic
Clocks in Prague 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.