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A world clock on a live 3D globe, turned to Zurich.
Switzerland · GMT+1
Zurich runs on GMT+1. Add 1 hour to Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Zurich.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
17:54
Timezone
Zurich is located in Switzerland and uses the Europe/Zurich timezone, currently GMT+1 from UTC. The clocks change on 28 March 2027 to GMT+2. Sunrise is at 06:28 and sunset at 17:54 local time. The coordinates of Zurich are 47.38°N, 8.54°E.
Today Zurich gets 11 hours 26 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:11, about 11 minutes after clock noon.
Right now Zurich shares its GMT+1 offset with Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Zurich work Monday to Friday, typically 08:00–17:00 local time. Lunch is usually 12:00–13:00, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals and technology, which is who you are most likely to be calling. The day starts early, punctuality is taken literally, and the evening is not considered available.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Swiss National Day (1 August), Easter Monday (March or April), Whit Monday (May or June) and Christmas (25–26 December). Expect slow replies during late July to mid-August, and Christmas to early January.
| From | Gap | Call at (Zurich time) |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇮🇹 Milan | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇱🇮 Vaduz | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇬🇧 London | −1h | 10:00–17:00 |
| 🇺🇸 New York | −5h | 14:00–17:00 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | +7h | 09:00–10:00 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | +3h | 09:00–14:00 |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Zurich is in the Europe/Zurich timezone, currently GMT+1.
Yes. Zurich observes daylight saving time. The clocks change on 28 March 2027 to GMT+2.
Zurich is currently GMT+1 from UTC (GMT+1). Clocks change on 28 March 2027.
Right now Zurich is 1 hour ahead of London and 5 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Zurich is 08:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+1 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Zurich at 06:28 and sets at 17:54 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .
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