Lucerne, 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 Lucerne
If you need the offset: Lucerne 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 Lucerne on CET and changing its gap to every other zone listed below.
Time difference between Lucerne and other cities
Current gap between Lucerne and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Lucerne is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Lucerne is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Lucerne is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Lucerne |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Lucerne is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Lucerne is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Lucerne is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Lucerne is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Lucerne is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Lucerne is 5 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Lucerne
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Lucerne time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Lucerne | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Lucerne | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Lucerne | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Lucerne | 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 Lucerne's time zone
No difference at all from Lucerne: the cities below share the Europe/Zurich zone.
Genève Basel Bern Geneva Lausanne Lugano St. Gallen Winterthur
Popular cities
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| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |