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Local time in North Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia

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

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Time difference — Skopje

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Differences are relative to Skopje, North Macedonia, and account for daylight saving time right now.

Time zone information for North Macedonia

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

North Macedonia 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 North Macedonia.

Sunrise and sunset in Skopje

At 42.0° north, Skopje 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 08 min.

Times on the 21st of each month in 2026, local clock time (Europe/Belgrade)
DateSunriseSolar noonSunsetDaylight
21 January06:5711:4616:359 h 37 min
21 February06:2311:4917:1510 h 51 min
21 March05:3711:4217:4712 h 10 min
21 April05:4612:3419:2213 h 36 min
21 May05:1012:3219:5414 h 44 min
21 June05:0012:3720:1415 h 14 min
21 July05:1712:4120:0514 h 48 min
21 August05:4912:3819:2813 h 39 min
21 September06:2112:2818:3612 h 15 min
21 October06:5412:2017:4510 h 52 min
21 November06:3211:2116:109 h 38 min
21 December07:0011:3316:069 h 07 min

Calculated for Skopje (42.00°, 21.43°; 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 North Macedonia

Clocks in Skopje 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.