Current time in Athens, Greece

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer.

Current time in Athens, Greece
17:35 49
Friday, May 8, 2026 EEST UTC+03:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
IANA time zone
Europe/Athens
Daylight saving
DST in effect
CEST / EEST
Next DST change
October 25
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Athens, Greece is ⁦17:35⁩ (⁦EEST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+03:00⁩.

Athens is the capital of Greece, located at 37.984, 23.728.

The current time zone for Athens is EEST, whose offset is UTC+03:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is Europe/Athens.

The next daylight saving transition is October 25, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Athens

Central European Summer Time (CEST)

IANA time zone: Europe/Athens
During winter
CEST
Central European Summer Time
UTC+02:00
Currently active
EEST
Eastern European Summer Time
UTC+03:00

Daylight in Athens today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
14h 00m

Athens, Greece

Country
Greece
Role
Capital city
ISO code
GR
Coordinates
37.9838° N, 23.7278° E
IANA zone
Europe/Athens
Population
664,046
Elevation
70 m
Local time17:35

Athens on the map · time zone

Athens, Greece

  • Local time17:35
  • UTC offsetUTC+03:00
  • Time zoneEurope/Athens
  • StatusDaylight saving
Coordinates
37.98°, 23.73°

World clock

Compared with Athens

Daylight saving time in Athens

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer.

Next DST change October 25, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Athens.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 30, 2025,
    DST end (fall back)Oct 26, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 29, 2026,
    DST end (fall back)Oct 25, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 28, 2027,
    DST end (fall back)Oct 31, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward)Mar 26, 2028,
    DST end (fall back)Oct 29, 2028,
YearDST start (spring forward)DST end (fall back)
2025Mar 30, 2025, Oct 26, 2025,
2026Mar 29, 2026, Oct 25, 2026,
2027Mar 28, 2027, Oct 31, 2027,
2028Mar 26, 2028, Oct 29, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Athens, here are the local times elsewhere.

Athens New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 17:00 -1 15:00 -1 18:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:00 -1 23:00 -1 01:00 02:30
01:00 18:00 -1 16:00 -1 19:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:00 00:00 02:00 03:30
02:00 19:00 -1 17:00 -1 20:00 -1 00:00 01:00 01:00 03:00 04:30
03:00 20:00 -1 18:00 -1 21:00 -1 01:00 02:00 02:00 04:00 05:30
04:00 21:00 -1 19:00 -1 22:00 -1 02:00 03:00 03:00 05:00 06:30
05:00 22:00 -1 20:00 -1 23:00 -1 03:00 04:00 04:00 06:00 07:30
06:00 23:00 -1 21:00 -1 00:00 04:00 05:00 05:00 07:00 08:30
07:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
08:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
09:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
10:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
11:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
12:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
13:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
14:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
15:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
16:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
17:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
18:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
19:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
20:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
21:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
22:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
23:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Athens, Greece is 17:35 (EEST). Athens uses the Europe/Athens time zone, which is UTC+03:00.

Athens uses CEST (UTC+02:00) in winter and switches to EEST (UTC+03:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Europe/Athens.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Athens is on October 25, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Athens is Europe/Athens. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently PM in Athens. The local time is 17:35 (EEST).

Athens is UTC+02:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC+03:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC+03:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Athens is on October 25, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 03:00 local time.

Athens is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.