Lugano, 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
Lugano time zone and UTC offset
The local standard in Lugano is CEST — UTC+02:00, or 2 hours ahead of UTC. Systems that store time zones by name use Europe/Zurich for this part of the world.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 25 October 2026 the clocks go back 1 hour and Lugano moves to CET, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Time gaps from Lugano right now
Live differences from Lugano, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Lugano is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Lugano is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Lugano is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Lugano |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Lugano is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Lugano is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Lugano is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Lugano is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Lugano is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Lugano is 5 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Lugano
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Lugano local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Lugano | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Lugano | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Lugano | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Lugano | 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 Lugano
No difference at all from Lugano: the cities below share the Europe/Zurich zone.
Genève Basel Bern Geneva Lausanne Lucerne St. Gallen Winterthur
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