MSK to CEST Converter
Time Difference
Moscow Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Central European Time
8:00 pm20:00 in MSK is 6:00 pm18:00 in CET
MSK to CEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm in MSK which corresponds to 8am-5pm in CEST
8:00 pm20:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
6:00 pm18:00 Central European Time (CET). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 pm20:00 MSK / 6:00 pm18:00 CET
MSK | CET |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 10pm |
1am | 11pm |
2am | 12am (midnight) |
3am | 1am |
4am | 2am |
5am | 3am |
6am | 4am |
7am | 5am |
8am | 6am |
9am | 7am |
10am | 8am |
11am | 9am |
12pm (noon) | 10am |
1pm | 11am |
2pm | 12pm (noon) |
3pm | 1pm |
4pm | 2pm |
5pm | 3pm |
6pm | 4pm |
7pm | 5pm |
8pm | 6pm |
9pm | 7pm |
10pm | 8pm |
11pm | 9pm |
0:00 | 22:00 |
1:00 | 23:00 |
2:00 | 0:00 |
3:00 | 1:00 |
4:00 | 2:00 |
5:00 | 3:00 |
6:00 | 4:00 |
7:00 | 5:00 |
8:00 | 6:00 |
9:00 | 7:00 |
10:00 | 8:00 |
11:00 | 9:00 |
12:00 | 10:00 |
13:00 | 11:00 |
14:00 | 12:00 |
15:00 | 13:00 |
16:00 | 14:00 |
17:00 | 15:00 |
18:00 | 16:00 |
19:00 | 17:00 |
20:00 | 18:00 |
21:00 | 19:00 |
22:00 | 20:00 |
23:00 | 21:00 |
Moscow Standard Time
Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Russia, Ukraine
Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK timezone is Moscow from Russia with population about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in the area are Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu
Daylight Saving: Moscow Standard Time (MSK) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore MSK remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Moscow Standard Time remains the same

MSK representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Europe/Moscow
- Europe/Simferopol
- W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time
- +03 -
- GMT - GMT+04:00
Central European Summer Time
Offset: CEST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: 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 timezone is Berlin from Germany with population about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in the area are Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest
Daylight Saving: Central European Summer Time (CEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places adjust time for one hour back and observe Central European Time (CET).
End: CEST ended and clocks were set one hour back on Sunday, 25 October 2020, at 3:00 (3:00 am) local time.
Start: CEST starts and clocks are set one hour forward on Sunday, 28 March 2021, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.
German: MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

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 two hour and zero minutes time differences 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
- Poland
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