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Local time in Italy

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Current local time in Italy (CET (UTC+1)). The clock below updates live in your browser.

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Time difference — Rome

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Differences are relative to Rome, Italy, and account for daylight saving time right now.

Time zone information for Italy

Standard label
CET (UTC+1)
Standard offset (Rome)
UTC+1
Daylight saving time
Observed
Number of time zones
1
Capital
Rome
IANA zones
Europe/Rome

Italy 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 Italy.

Sunrise and sunset in Rome

At 41.9° north, Rome gets 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice but only 9 h 07 min around the December solstice — a difference of 6 h 06 min.

Times on the 21st of each month in 2026, local clock time (Europe/Rome)
DateSunriseSolar noonSunsetDaylight
21 January07:3312:2217:119 h 38 min
21 February06:5912:2517:5110 h 52 min
21 March06:1312:1818:2312 h 10 min
21 April06:2213:0919:5713 h 36 min
21 May05:4613:0820:3014 h 44 min
21 June05:3613:1320:4915 h 14 min
21 July05:5413:1720:4114 h 47 min
21 August06:2513:1420:0413 h 39 min
21 September06:5713:0419:1112 h 15 min
21 October07:3012:5518:2110 h 52 min
21 November07:0711:5716:469 h 39 min
21 December07:3512:0916:439 h 07 min

Calculated for Rome (41.89°, 12.48°; 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 Italy

Clocks in Rome 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.