Current time in Ukraine

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

Current time in Kyiv, Ukraine
17:47 10
Friday, May 8, 2026 EEST UTC+03:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
IANA time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Daylight saving
DST in effect
CEST / EEST
Next DST change
October 25
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Kyiv, Ukraine is ⁦17:47⁩ (⁦EEST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+03:00⁩.

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine, located at 50.455, 30.524.

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

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

Timezone in Kyiv

Central European Summer Time (CEST)

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

Time zones in Ukraine

Offsets are calculated for the current moment and can change when daylight saving time starts or ends.

Etc/GMT-2

GMT+2 UTC+02:00

World clock

Compared with Kyiv

Kyiv
17:47
0h
Kharkiv
17:47
0h
Odesa
17:47
0h
Dnipro
17:47
0h
Donetsk
17:47
0h
Lviv
17:47
0h
Zaporizhzhya
17:47
0h
Kryvyy Rih
17:47
0h
Sevastopol
17:47
0h
Mykolayiv
17:47
0h

Daylight saving time in Ukraine

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 Ukraine.

  • 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,

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Ukraine is 17:47 EEST. The primary clock uses Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+03:00 from UTC.

Ukraine has 2 time zones in the current country dataset: Europe/Kyiv, Etc/GMT-2.

The primary time zone for Ukraine observes daylight saving time. The next known clock change is tracked from the IANA time zone database.