Genève, Switzerland
Current time in Switzerland
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Zurich
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +2 ) Genève, Switzerland |
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Genève clocks, offsets and daylight saving
If you need the offset: Genève is on CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+02:00. The matching IANA zone is Europe/Zurich.
Daylight saving applies here. Clocks next move back 1 hour on Sunday, 25 October 2026, putting Genève on CET and changing its gap to every other zone listed below.
About 183,981 people live in Genève.
Time gaps from Genève right now
Live differences from Genève, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Genève is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Genève is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Genève is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Genève |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Genève is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Genève is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Genève is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Genève is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Genève is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Genève is 5 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Genève
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Genève local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Genève | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Genève | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Genève | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Genève | 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.
Sharing Genève's time zone
No difference at all from Genève: the cities below share the Europe/Zurich zone.
Basel Bern Geneva Lausanne Lucerne Lugano St. Gallen Winterthur
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