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Timezone and DST in Switzerland

Timezones are always computed by their difference to UTC, the "Universal Time Coordinated". In Switzerland exists only a single tonezone at UTC+1. E.g. New York is currently at UTC-4 in Eastern Time, so the time difference between NY and Switzerland is 5 hours.

They have a nationwide clock change from standard time to daylight saving time, where the clocks are switched forward by 1 hour in summer.

The next clock change in Switzerland will be on October 30th, 2022 at 3:00 to standard time.


Back to overview: Switzerland

Only 1 nationwide time zone

UTC+1
Standard time:Central European Time (CET)
Daylight saving time:Central European Summertime (CEST)


Switzerland has an east-west extension of 4.3 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Western Europe, this corresponds to about 330 kilometers. With such a small extent the course of the sun at different positions in the country hardly matters. The position of the sun in the west of the country deviates from that in the east only about 17 minutes. This means the sun rises and sets 17 minutes later in the west than in the east.
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The next clock changes in Switzerland

DateLocal timeChange
Mar 27, 20222:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Oct 30, 20223:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Mar 26, 20232:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Oct 29, 20233:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Mar 31, 20242:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Oct 27, 20243:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Mar 30, 20252:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Oct 26, 20253:00 am-1 hour to standard time
Mar 29, 20262:00 am+1 hour to daylight saving time
Oct 25, 20263:00 am-1 hour to standard time

Switzerland: Sunrise + sunsetTimes for sunrise and sunset in SwitzerlandTimes of sunrise and sunset for the most important cities in Switzerland and the avg. length of daylight per month
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Switzerland: Public HolidaysPublic holidays in Switzerland 2022-2026Statutory and inofficial holidays in Switzerland for 2022 to 2026