CET to AEST Converter
Eastern Australia is on daylight saving time: AEDT (UTC+11) until Sun, Apr 4, 2027.
Queensland stays on AEST (UTC+10).
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 10:00 pm22:00 AEST (UTC+10), Oct 18, 2026
CEST is 8 hours behind AEST.
CET and AEST examples
These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and AEST (UTC+10). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CET is 9 hours behind AEST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 8 hours behind AEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 9 hours behind AEST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 5:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in AEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 6:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in AEST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 17:00 to 02:00 (next day) in AEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 18:00 to 03:00 (next day) in AEST.
Compare CET time with AEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Summer Time is 8 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 10:00 pm22:00 in AEST
CEST to AEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in CEST which corresponds to 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in AEST
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
10:00 pm22:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Offset UTC +10:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 10:00 pm22:00 AEST
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Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, 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, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
End: Central European Time (CET) ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Central European Time (CET) starts 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. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
CET 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 CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- 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
- 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
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Offset: AEST is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Australia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the AEST time zone is Sydney in Australia, with about 5.639 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle.
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
End: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) ended on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.
Start: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) starts on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.
See Australia daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is used in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Australian Capital Territory and in folling major cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra
Only part of Australia observe daylight saving. It is used in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory. Daylight saving is not observed in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.
AEST representations, usage and related time zones
- +10 - basic short
- +1000 - basic
- +10:00 - extended
- +1000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (10) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of ten hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Kilo - Military abbreviation for AEST
- K - short form of 'Kilo'
- Antarctica/Macquarie
- Australia/ACT
- Australia/Brisbane
- Australia/Canberra
- Australia/Currie
- Australia/Hobart
- Australia/Lindeman
- Australia/Melbourne
- Australia/NSW
- Australia/Queensland
- Australia/Sydney
- Australia/Tasmania
- Australia/Victoria
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
- CHUT - Chuuk Time
- ChST - Chamorro Standard Time
- K - Kilo Time Zone
- KDT - Korea Daylight Time
- PGT - Papua New Guinea Time
- VLAT - Vladivostok Time
- YAKST - Yakutsk Summer Time
- YAPT - Yap Time
