Current time in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands, keeps Central European Standard Time: UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Amsterdam
16:22:03
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Amsterdam
Sunrise and sunset in Amsterdam
Sun and clock in Amsterdam
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Amsterdam comes at 12:40, because the city lies about 10° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Amsterdam
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Amsterdam’s latitude; the closest, Calgary at 51.0°N, has a longest day 15 minutes shorter.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 08:02 | 16:48 | 8 h 46 m |
| December 15 | 08:44 | 16:27 | 7 h 43 m |
| January 15 | 08:43 | 16:56 | 8 h 13 m |
| February 15 | 07:56 | 17:53 | 9 h 56 m |
| March 15 | 06:55 | 18:44 | 11 h 49 m |
| April 15 | 06:43 | 20:38 | 13 h 55 m |
| May 15 | 05:45 | 21:29 | 15 h 44 m |
| June 15 | 05:18 | 22:04 | 16 h 46 m |
| July 15 | 05:37 | 21:56 | 16 h 20 m |
| August 15 | 06:23 | 21:07 | 14 h 43 m |
| September 15 | 07:15 | 19:57 | 12 h 42 m |
| October 15 | 08:05 | 18:47 | 10 h 41 m |
When the clocks change in Amsterdam
Amsterdam follows the European rule: clocks go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October, both at 01:00 UTC, so every country on the rule changes at the same instant.
These dates have applied since 1996. In 1995 the clocks went forward on March 26 and back on September 24.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2027 | Forward one hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| October 31, 2027 | Back one hour: 03:00 becomes 02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
Calling Amsterdam from another time zone
| Place | Amsterdam’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 08:00–16:00 | — | — |
| New York | 03:00–11:00 | 2 h, 15:00–17:00 Amsterdam time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Amsterdam time | always 7 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none to 1 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Amsterdam, Honolulu and Anchorage are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 20 listed cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have already reached Saturday.
Amsterdam compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Amsterdam | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 6 h behind | 6 h behind / 5 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 1 h behind | all year |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 3 h ahead | 2 h ahead / 3 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 4 h 30 min ahead | 3 h 30 min ahead / 4 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 7 h ahead | 6 h ahead / 7 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 8 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 10 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead / 10 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 170 km south | same clock | 2 minutes later |
| London | 360 km west | 1 h behind | 20 minutes later |
| Frankfurt | 360 km south-east | same clock | 15 minutes earlier |
| Paris | 430 km south-west | same clock | 10 minutes later |
| Manchester | 490 km west | 1 h behind | 29 minutes later |
| Berlin | 580 km east | same clock | 34 minutes earlier |
| Zurich | 610 km south-east | same clock | 15 minutes earlier |
| Copenhagen | 620 km north-east | same clock | 31 minutes earlier |
Beyond Amsterdam’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Brussels, 170 km to the south, on Europe/Brussels.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Amsterdam in?
Amsterdam keeps Europe/Amsterdam, Central European Standard Time, at UTC+01:00, moving to Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) during summer time. In the tz database Europe/Amsterdam is an alias of Europe/Brussels: Amsterdam has kept Brussels’s time since at least 1970, and the entry’s older history is Brussels’s.
Is all of the Netherlands on the same time as Amsterdam?
Yes. Europe/Amsterdam is the tz database’s only entry for the Netherlands, and Amsterdam keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Amsterdam?
30 other countries and territories keep exactly Amsterdam’s clock, changing on the same dates.
What is the time difference between Amsterdam and London?
The clock in London, the United Kingdom, about 360 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Amsterdam.