AZOT to CEST Converter
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12:00 pm12:00 AZOST (UTC+0), Oct 18, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026
AZOST is 2 hours behind CEST.
AZOT and CEST examples
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AZOT is 3 hours behind CEST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, AZOST is 2 hours behind CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, AZOT is 2 hours behind CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOST correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AZOT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOST correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AZOT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CET.
Compare AZOT time with CEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Azores Summer Time is 2 hours behind Central European Summer Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in AZOST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST
AZOST to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in AZOST which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CEST
12:00 pm12:00 Azores Summer Time (AZOST). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 AZOST / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST
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Azores Time
Offset: AZOT is 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AZOT time zone is Ponta Delgada in Portugal, with about 20,056 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagoa, Angra do Heroísmo, Rabo de Peixe, Horta.
Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Azores Summer Time (AZOST).
End: Azores Time (AZOT) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Azores Time (AZOT) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00 am00:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
See Portugal daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
AZOT representations, usage and related time zones
- -01 - basic short
- -0100 - basic
- -01:00 - extended
- -0100 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the west of the zero meridian.
- November - Military abbreviation for AZOT
- N - short form of 'November'
- EGT - East Greenland Time
- WGST - Western Greenland Summer Time
- AZOT - Azores Time
- CVT - Cape Verde Time
- N - November Time Zone
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CEST time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
Today all shaded areas are on CEST.
Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
CEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Ceuta
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time