Local time in Vatican City
Vatican City State
Current local time in Vatican City (CET (UTC+1)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Vatican City
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Differences are relative to Vatican City, Vatican City, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Vatican City
- Standard label
- CET (UTC+1)
- Standard offset (Vatican City)
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Vatican City
- IANA zones
- Europe/Rome
Vatican City 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 Vatican City.
Sunrise and sunset in Vatican City
At 41.9° north, Vatican City 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.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 07:33 | 12:22 | 17:11 | 9 h 38 min |
| 21 February | 06:59 | 12:25 | 17:51 | 10 h 52 min |
| 21 March | 06:13 | 12:18 | 18:23 | 12 h 10 min |
| 21 April | 06:22 | 13:10 | 19:57 | 13 h 36 min |
| 21 May | 05:46 | 13:08 | 20:30 | 14 h 44 min |
| 21 June | 05:36 | 13:13 | 20:50 | 15 h 14 min |
| 21 July | 05:54 | 13:17 | 20:41 | 14 h 47 min |
| 21 August | 06:25 | 13:14 | 20:04 | 13 h 39 min |
| 21 September | 06:57 | 13:04 | 19:12 | 12 h 15 min |
| 21 October | 07:30 | 12:56 | 18:21 | 10 h 52 min |
| 21 November | 07:08 | 11:57 | 16:46 | 9 h 39 min |
| 21 December | 07:35 | 12:09 | 16:43 | 9 h 07 min |
Calculated for Vatican City (41.90°, 12.45°; 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 Vatican City
Clocks in Vatican City 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.