CET to WEST Converter
Central Europe is on summer time: CEST (UTC+2) until Sun, Oct 25.
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 8, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WEST (UTC+1), Oct 8, 2026
CEST is 1 hour ahead of WEST.
CET and WEST examples
These examples always use CET (UTC+1) and WEST (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
CET and WEST have the same local time.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, CEST is 1 hour ahead of WEST. At other times of the year, CET is 1 hour ahead of WET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CEST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CET correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in WET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CEST correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in WEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in CET correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in WET.
Compare CET time with WEST 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 1 hour ahead of Western European Summer Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 1:00 pm13:00 in WEST
CEST to WEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in WEST
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 1:00 pm13:00 WEST
| CEST | WEST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 11:00pm |
| 1:00am | 12:00am |
| 2:00am | 1:00am |
| 3:00am | 2:00am |
| 4:00am | 3:00am |
| 5:00am | 4:00am |
| 6:00am | 5:00am |
| 7:00am | 6:00am |
| 8:00am | 7:00am |
| 9:00am | 8:00am |
| 10:00am | 9:00am |
| 11:00am | 10:00am |
| 12:00pm | 11:00am |
| 1:00pm | 12:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 1:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 2:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 10:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 11:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
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, 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
Western European Summer Time
Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST time zone is Lisbon in Portugal, with about 517,802 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Braga.
German: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit
Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Western European Time (WET).
Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
WEST 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 WEST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
- 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