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Central European Time
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Compare CEST time with Doha time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central European Time is 2 hours behind AST (Arabia Standard Time)
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 3:00 pm15:00 in Doha, Qatar

CET to Doha call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in CET which corresponds to 11am-5pm in Doha

1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Doha, Qatar). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 CET / 3:00 pm15:00 Doha, Qatar

CETDoha, Qatar
12am (midnight)2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm (noon)
11am1pm
12pm (noon)2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am (midnight)
11pm1am
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Central European Summer Time

Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, 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, Budapest.

German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

CEST Time Zone Geo Map
CEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone, but some places set clocks back one hour during winter and observe Central European Time (CET).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ended on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central European Summer Time (CEST) starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March

CEST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CEST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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

Doha Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AST - Arabia Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Arabia Standard Time, currently in use.

Doha Facts

Country
Qatar
Alternative Names
Ad Dawha, Ad Dawhah, Ad Dawḩa, Ad Dawḩah, Ad Doha, Ad Dowhah, Ad-Dauha, Ad-Dawhah, Ad-Dawḩah, DOH, Daeuha, Dauha, Dauhá, Dawha, Dawhat al Qatar, Dawḥa, Dawḩat al Qaţar, Dewhe, Do'ha, Doh, Doha, Doho, Dokha, Dokhae, Dokho, Dooxa, Doʻha, Doḥa, Duoha, Däuha, Ntocha, aaldawhat, aldwhh, aldwht, deaha, do ha, doha, dohara, duo ha, dwhh, toka, Ντόχα, Дохæ, Доха, Дохо, Доҳа, Доһа, Դոհա, דאכא, דוחא, דוחה, الدوحة, الدوحه, اَلدَّوْحَة, دوحه, دوحہ, دوحە, دوھا, دەوحە, दोहा, দোহা, দোহার, ਦੋਹਾ, தோகா, ದೊಹಾ, ദോഹ, โดฮา, དྷོ་ཧ།, ဒိုဟာမြို့, დოჰა, ዶሃ, ドーハ, 多哈, 도하
Population
344,939
Currency
Rial (QAR)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 17' N Latitude / 51° 31' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+974