Time in Austria

Austria keeps one time: Central European Time, UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the last Sunday in March and back one hour at 3:00 AM on the last Sunday in October. Austria borders 8 countries and territories, including Germany, Italy, and Czechia. Its capital is Vienna.

Austria and the countries around it

Central European TimeUTC+01:00 in January; UTC+02:00 in JulyVienna, Graz, and LinzEurope/Vienna

Austria (simplified outline). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗

Population: 8,847,037 GeoNames figure; the source gives no year
Total area: 32,378 sq mi (83,858 km²)
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Languages: Austrian German, Croatian, Hungarian, Slovenian
Calling code: +43
Driving side: Right
Country code (ISO): AT
Coordinates (central point): 47.694584, 14.763600

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Local time in the largest cities

Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Villach, and Eisenzicken all keep Central European Time, like the rest of Austria.

Daylight saving time in Austria

Central European Time: Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the last Sunday in March and back one hour at 3:00 AM on the last Sunday in October.

The clock above shows its next change. Governments can change these rules; the clocks follow the IANA time-zone database.

Time in neighboring countries

Country	Local time now	Difference from Austria
Switzerland	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Germany	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Hungary	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Slovakia	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Czechia	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Italy	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Slovenia	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time
Liechtenstein	UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July	same time

Each country’s time is its capital’s clock, or its largest city’s. A country with several time zones has other times too.

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Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.