UTC to CET converter
Coordinated Universal Time → Central European Time
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is UTC+0 with no daylight saving. It covers the global reference used in aviation, computing and science.
Central European Time (CET) is UTC+1 and observes summer time (CEST, UTC+2, roughly March–October). It covers Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome and Amsterdam.
Central European Time is typically 1 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, though daylight saving can shift the difference by an hour at some times of year.
Best time to call Central European Time from Coordinated Universal Time
Office hours overlap for about 7 hours a day: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM in Coordinated Universal Time is 10:00 AM–5:00 PM in Central European Time. Book calls inside this window and nobody is out of hours. Daylight saving can shift these times by an hour at some points in the year.
UTC to CET, hour by hour
Today's actual offsets. Rows where both zones are inside 9am–5pm working hours are highlighted.