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Time in Hungary now

21:26:19

Monday, 21. April, 2025, week 17

Easter Monday

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Time zone info for Hungary

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Hungary is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Hungary can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Hungary is Europe/Budapest.

Sunday March 30 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday October 26 2025

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Hungary

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Hungary on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 93,030 km²
Capital: Budapest
Currency: Forint (HUF)
Calling code: +36
Internet top level domain: .hu
Latitude: 47.00. Longitude: 20.00
Population: 9,769,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Hungary 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.