Bern, 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
Time zone in Bern
Bern keeps CEST (2 hours ahead of UTC, UTC+02:00). Its database zone is Europe/Zurich — worth knowing if you are scheduling anything that has to survive a daylight saving change.
One date to watch: Sunday, 25 October 2026. That is when Bern goes back 1 hour onto CET — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Time gaps from Bern right now
How Bern lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Bern is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Bern is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Bern is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Bern |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Bern is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Bern is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Bern is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Bern is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Bern is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Bern is 5 hours ahead |
Best time to call Bern
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Bern local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Bern | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Bern | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Bern | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Bern | 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.
Same local time as Bern
No difference at all from Bern: the cities below share the Europe/Zurich zone.
Genève Basel Geneva Lausanne Lucerne Lugano St. Gallen Winterthur
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