CET
Central European Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
BRT
Brasília time
GMT -3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

CET is 4 hours ahead of BRT. CET uses GMT +1, and BRT uses GMT -3 for this comparison.

For example, 1:00 pm CET is 9:00 am BRT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 1pm-5pm CET, which is 9am-1pm BRT.

Compare CET time with BRT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central European Time is 4 hours ahead of Brasília time
1:00 pm13:00 in CET is 9:00 am09:00 in BRT

CET to BRT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-5pm in CET which corresponds to 9am-1pm in BRT

1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
9:00 am09:00 Brasília time (BRT). Offset UTC -3:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 CET / 9:00 am09:00 BRT

CETBRT
12am (midnight)8pm
1am9pm
2am10pm
3am11pm
4am12am (midnight)
5am1am
6am2am
7am3am
8am4am
9am5am
10am6am
11am7am
12pm (noon)8am
1pm9am
2pm10am
3pm11am
4pm12pm (noon)
5pm1pm
6pm2pm
7pm3pm
8pm4pm
9pm5pm
10pm6pm
11pm7pm
00:0020:00
01:0021:00
02:0022:00
03:0023:00
04:0000:00
05:0001:00
06:0002:00
07:0003:00
08:0004:00
09:0005:00
10:0006:00
11:0007:00
12:0008:00
13:0009:00
14:0010:00
15:0011:00
16:0012:00
17:0013:00
18:0014:00
19:0015:00
20:0016:00
21:0017:00
22:0018:00
23:0019:00

Central European Time

Offset: CET is 1 hour 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, Algeria, 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, 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, Rome, Paris, Algiers.

German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit

CET Time Zone Geo Map
CET timezone map

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).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Central European Time (CET) started 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. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central European Time (CET) ends 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.

CET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for CET
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • 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
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • 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

Brasília time

Offset: BRT is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Brazil

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BRT time zone is Fortaleza in Brazil, with about 2.4 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Sao Luis, Natal, Teresina, Joao Pessoa.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Brasília time (BRT) do not change for daylight saving time, so BRT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

BRT Time Zone Geo Map
BRT timezone map

BRT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for BRT
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasília time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time