Rome, Italy to CET to IST
Compare Rome time with CET and IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
CET (Central European Time) is 0 hours ahead of Central European Time and 4 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
1:00 pm13:00 in Rome, Italy is 1:00 pm13:00 in CET and is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
Rome to CET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm in Rome which corresponds to 9am-5pm in CET
Rome to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12:30pm in Rome which corresponds to 1:30pm-5pm in IST
1:00 pm13:00 CET (Central European Time) (Rome, Italy). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Rome, Italy / 1:00 pm13:00 CET / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| Rome, Italy | CET | IST |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 12am (midnight) | 4:30 am |
| 1am | 1am | 5:30 am |
| 2am | 2am | 6:30 am |
| 3am | 3am | 7:30 am |
| 4am | 4am | 8:30 am |
| 5am | 5am | 9:30 am |
| 6am | 6am | 10:30 am |
| 7am | 7am | 11:30 am |
| 8am | 8am | 12:30 pm |
| 9am | 9am | 1:30 pm |
| 10am | 10am | 2:30 pm |
| 11am | 11am | 3:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 12pm (noon) | 4:30 pm |
| 1pm | 1pm | 5:30 pm |
| 2pm | 2pm | 6:30 pm |
| 3pm | 3pm | 7:30 pm |
| 4pm | 4pm | 8:30 pm |
| 5pm | 5pm | 9:30 pm |
| 6pm | 6pm | 10:30 pm |
| 7pm | 7pm | 11:30 pm |
| 8pm | 8pm | 12:30 am |
| 9pm | 9pm | 1:30 am |
| 10pm | 10pm | 2:30 am |
| 11pm | 11pm | 3:30 am |
| 00:00 | 00:00 | 04:30 |
| 01:00 | 01:00 | 05:30 |
| 02:00 | 02:00 | 06:30 |
| 03:00 | 03:00 | 07:30 |
| 04:00 | 04:00 | 08:30 |
| 05:00 | 05:00 | 09:30 |
| 06:00 | 06:00 | 10:30 |
| 07:00 | 07:00 | 11:30 |
| 08:00 | 08:00 | 12:30 |
| 09:00 | 09:00 | 13:30 |
| 10:00 | 10:00 | 14:30 |
| 11:00 | 11:00 | 15:30 |
| 12:00 | 12:00 | 16:30 |
| 13:00 | 13:00 | 17:30 |
| 14:00 | 14:00 | 18:30 |
| 15:00 | 15:00 | 19:30 |
| 16:00 | 16:00 | 20:30 |
| 17:00 | 17:00 | 21:30 |
| 18:00 | 18:00 | 22:30 |
| 19:00 | 19:00 | 23:30 |
| 20:00 | 20:00 | 00:30 |
| 21:00 | 21:00 | 01:30 |
| 22:00 | 22:00 | 02:30 |
| 23:00 | 23:00 | 03:30 |
Rome Information
Time Zone
CET - Central European Standard Time
+1:00 hours during Central European Standard Time.
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.Rome Facts
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

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).
Start: 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.
End: 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
- +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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
