Current time in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland, keeps Central European Standard Time: UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Warsaw
16:22:07
Europe/Warsaw · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Warsaw
Sunrise and sunset in Warsaw
Sun and clock in Warsaw
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Warsaw comes at 11:36, because the city lies about 6° east of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Warsaw
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Warsaw’s latitude; the closest, Calgary at 51.0°N, has a longest day 13 minutes shorter.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:57 | 15:44 | 8 h 47 m |
| December 15 | 07:39 | 15:23 | 7 h 44 m |
| January 15 | 07:38 | 15:52 | 8 h 14 m |
| February 15 | 06:52 | 16:48 | 9 h 57 m |
| March 15 | 05:50 | 17:39 | 11 h 49 m |
| April 15 | 05:39 | 19:33 | 13 h 54 m |
| May 15 | 04:41 | 20:24 | 15 h 42 m |
| June 15 | 04:14 | 20:59 | 16 h 45 m |
| July 15 | 04:33 | 20:51 | 16 h 18 m |
| August 15 | 05:19 | 20:02 | 14 h 42 m |
| September 15 | 06:10 | 18:52 | 12 h 42 m |
| October 15 | 07:01 | 17:43 | 10 h 42 m |
When the clocks change in Warsaw
Warsaw 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. The first time the record has Warsaw’s clocks put forward and later back again is 1916. The record opens with Warsaw’s own local mean time, UTC+01:24, kept until 1915.
| 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 Warsaw from another time zone
| Place | Warsaw’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 Warsaw time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Warsaw time | always 7 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none to 1 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Warsaw, Honolulu and Anchorage are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 20 listed cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have already reached Saturday.
Warsaw compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Warsaw | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prague | 520 km south-west | same clock | 26 minutes later |
| Berlin | 520 km west | same clock | 30 minutes later |
| Budapest | 540 km south | same clock | 8 minutes later |
| Vienna | 560 km south-west | same clock | 19 minutes later |
| Copenhagen | 670 km north-west | same clock | 34 minutes later |
| Kyiv | 690 km east | 1 h ahead | 38 minutes earlier |
| Munich | 810 km south-west | same clock | 38 minutes later |
| Stockholm | 810 km north | same clock | 12 minutes later |
Beyond Warsaw’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Prague, 520 km to the south-west, on Europe/Prague.
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 Warsaw in?
Warsaw keeps Europe/Warsaw, Central European Standard Time, at UTC+01:00, moving to Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Warsaw itself.
Is all of Poland on the same time as Warsaw?
Yes. Europe/Warsaw is the tz database’s only entry for Poland, and Warsaw keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Warsaw?
30 other countries and territories keep exactly Warsaw’s clock, changing on the same dates.
What is the time difference between Warsaw and Kyiv?
The clock in Kyiv, Ukraine, about 690 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h ahead of Warsaw.