HKT to BST to CEST Time Converter
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8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Oct 24, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 24, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 24, 2026
HKT is 7 hours ahead of BST. HKT is 6 hours ahead of CEST.
How the time difference changes
HKT to BST
For most of the year, HKT is 7 hours ahead of BST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, HKT is 8 hours ahead of GMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in GMT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in BST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in GMT.
HKT to CEST
For most of the year, HKT is 6 hours ahead of CEST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, HKT is 7 hours ahead of CET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in CET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in CEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in CET.
Compare HKT time with BST and CEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 7 hours ahead of British Summer Time. Hong Kong Time is 6 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time.
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 1:00 pm13:00 in BST and is 2:00 pm14:00 in CEST
HKT to BST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in HKT which corresponds to 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in BST
HKT to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in HKT which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in CEST
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 1:00 pm13:00 BST / 2:00 pm14:00 CEST
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Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.
Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now
Today all shaded areas are on BST.
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) 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: British Summer Time (BST) 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.
See United Kingdom daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, 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, 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, Hamburg.
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
Today all shaded areas are on CEST.
Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).
Start: Central European Summer Time (CEST) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: Central European Summer Time (CEST) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
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