Geneva, 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 Geneva
Clocks in Geneva are set to CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00). Software that asks for a region wants Europe/Zurich — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Geneva observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes CET.
How far ahead or behind is Geneva?
Read this as: relative to each city below, Geneva is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Geneva is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Geneva is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Geneva is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Geneva |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Geneva is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Geneva is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Geneva is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Geneva is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Geneva is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Geneva is 5 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Geneva
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Geneva local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Geneva | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Geneva | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Geneva | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Geneva | 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 Geneva
These Switzerland cities also use Europe/Zurich, so their clocks read identically to Geneva at every moment of the year.
Genève Basel Bern Lausanne Lucerne Lugano St. Gallen Winterthur
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