CEST to London, United Kingdom to BST
CEST is not used on this date
This converter uses CET (GMT +1), the offset Berlin uses on this date. Open the CET converter.BST is not used on this date
This converter uses GMT (GMT +0), the offset London uses on this date. Open the GMT converter.Compare CEST time with London and BST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Time is 1 hour ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 12:00 pm12:00 in London, United Kingdom and is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT
CET to London call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in CET which corresponds to 9am-4pm in London
CET to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in CET which corresponds to 9am-4pm in GMT
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (London, United Kingdom). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 CET / 12:00 pm12:00 London, United Kingdom / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT
| CET | London, United Kingdom | GMT |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11pm | 11pm |
| 1am | 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) |
| 2am | 1am | 1am |
| 3am | 2am | 2am |
| 4am | 3am | 3am |
| 5am | 4am | 4am |
| 6am | 5am | 5am |
| 7am | 6am | 6am |
| 8am | 7am | 7am |
| 9am | 8am | 8am |
| 10am | 9am | 9am |
| 11am | 10am | 10am |
| 12pm (noon) | 11am | 11am |
| 1pm | 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) |
| 2pm | 1pm | 1pm |
| 3pm | 2pm | 2pm |
| 4pm | 3pm | 3pm |
| 5pm | 4pm | 4pm |
| 6pm | 5pm | 5pm |
| 7pm | 6pm | 6pm |
| 8pm | 7pm | 7pm |
| 9pm | 8pm | 8pm |
| 10pm | 9pm | 9pm |
| 11pm | 10pm | 10pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 | 22:00 |
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
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).
End: 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
Start: 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
- +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
London Information
Time Zone
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
+0:00 hours during Greenwich Mean Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.London Facts
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
BST 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 east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time