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Vienna's clocks go back 1 hour on Sun, Oct 25 · CEST → CET

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2:00 pm14:00 MESZ (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026

MESZ and Vienna have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, MESZ and Vienna have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, MESZ is 1 hour ahead of Vienna.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MESZ correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Vienna. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MESZ correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Vienna.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MESZ correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in Vienna. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MESZ correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Vienna.

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

Time Difference

Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit and CEST (Central European Summer Time) have the same local time.
2:00 pm14:00 in MESZ is 2:00 pm14:00 in Vienna, Austria

MESZ to Vienna call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in MESZ which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in Vienna

2:00 pm14:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) (Vienna, Austria). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 MESZ / 2:00 pm14:00 Vienna, Austria

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Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Offset: MESZ 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 MESZ time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Rome, Paris, Hamburg.

Map of the areas on Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ)
MESZ part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on MESZ.

Daylight Saving: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Central European Time (CET).

123456789101112Start: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) 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.

123456789101112End: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ) 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.

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MESZ representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for MESZ
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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

Vienna Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CEST – Central European Summer Time, UTC+2 (now, daylight saving time)
CET – Central European Time, UTC+1 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 am02:00 (CET). DST ends on the last Sunday of October each year. Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 2:00 amSunday, March 28, 2027 at 02:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 am03:00 (CEST). DST starts on the last Sunday of March each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Vienna Facts

Country
Austria
Alternative Names
Bec, Bech, Becs, Beç, Beč, Bienne, Bécs, Dunaj, VIE, Vena, Viden, Viden', Vieden, Viedeň, Viena, Vienna, Vienne, Vieno, Viin, Vin, Vinarborg, Vindobona, Viyana, Vídeň, Vín, Vínarborg, Wenen, Wieden, Wiedeń, Wien, bienna, bin, fyyna, weiynna, Βιέννη, Беч, Вена, Виена, Відень, فيينا, เวียนนา, ቪየና, 비엔나, 빈
Population
1,691,468
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
48° 12' N Latitude / 16° 22' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+43