Prague, Czechia
Current time in Czechia
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Prague
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +2 ) Prague, Czechia |
What time zone is Prague in?
Clocks in Prague are set to CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00). Software that asks for a region wants Europe/Prague — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Prague observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes CET.
With a population near 1,165,581, Prague comes in 1st of the 5 Czechia cities we list.
Prague compared with major world cities
Live differences from Prague, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Prague is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Prague is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Prague is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Prague |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Prague is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Prague is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Prague is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Prague is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Prague is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Prague is 5 hours ahead |
Best time to call Prague
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Prague local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Prague | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Prague | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Prague | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Prague | 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.
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