COT to CEST Converter
CEST is not used on this date
This converter uses CET (GMT +1), the offset Berlin uses on this date. Open the CET converter.Compare COT time with CEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Colombia Time is 6 hours behind Central European Time
7:00 am07:00 in COT is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET
COT to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am in COT which corresponds to 3pm-5pm in CET
7:00 am07:00 Colombia Time (COT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
7:00 am07:00 COT / 1:00 pm13:00 CET
| COT | CET |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6am |
| 1am | 7am |
| 2am | 8am |
| 3am | 9am |
| 4am | 10am |
| 5am | 11am |
| 6am | 12pm (noon) |
| 7am | 1pm |
| 8am | 2pm |
| 9am | 3pm |
| 10am | 4pm |
| 11am | 5pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 6pm |
| 1pm | 7pm |
| 2pm | 8pm |
| 3pm | 9pm |
| 4pm | 10pm |
| 5pm | 11pm |
| 6pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 7pm | 1am |
| 8pm | 2am |
| 9pm | 3am |
| 10pm | 4am |
| 11pm | 5am |
| 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 |
Colombia Time
Offset: COT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Colombia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the COT time zone is Bogota in Colombia, with about 7.674 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla, Cartagena.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Colombia Time (COT) do not change for daylight saving time, so COT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
COT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for COT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
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