Basel, Switzerland
Current time in Switzerland
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Zurich
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 2 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +02:00) Europe/Zurich |
Current Time in other Cities of Switzerland
What time zone is Basel in?
If you need the offset: Basel is on CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+02:00. The matching IANA zone is Europe/Zurich.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 25 October 2026: Basel switches to CET, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC+02:00 offset above holds.
Basel compared with major world cities
Live differences from Basel, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Basel is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Basel is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Basel is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Basel |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Basel is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Basel is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Basel is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Basel is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Basel is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Basel is 5 hours ahead |
When Basel and other cities overlap
Usable call slots from Basel, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Basel | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Basel | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Basel | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Basel | 4.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Basel
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Europe/Zurich alongside Basel, including through any clock change.
Genève Bern Geneva Lausanne Lucerne Lugano St. Gallen Winterthur
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