Gent, Belgium
Current time in Belgium
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Brussels
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +2 ) Gent, Belgium |
Gent clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Gent keeps CEST (2 hours ahead of UTC, UTC+02:00). Its database zone is Europe/Brussels — 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 Gent goes back 1 hour onto CET — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Around 265,086 people live in Gent, making it the 2nd largest of the 9 Belgium cities covered here.
Time difference between Gent and other cities
Live differences from Gent, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Gent is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Gent is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Gent is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Gent |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Gent is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Gent is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Gent is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Gent is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Gent is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Gent is 5 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Gent
Usable call slots from Gent, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Gent | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Gent | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Gent | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Gent | 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 Gent
No difference at all from Gent: the cities below share the Europe/Brussels zone.
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