Current Time in Brussels

About time in Brussels

Brussels runs on Central European Time (CET), or UTC+1, the standard shared by most of mainland Western Europe. As home to the European Union institutions and NATO, the Belgian capital is a busy hub for international meetings, so knowing its exact local time matters for cross-border calls. Each summer the city switches to Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+2, between late March and late October. This keeps Brussels aligned with Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin throughout the year.

Brussels changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so its exact UTC offset depends on the season (UTC+1 (UTC+2 in summer)). The live clock above reads Brussels's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in Brussels through 2026

Brussels sits at about 50.9°N, 4.3°E. The longest day of 2026 is June 18, with 16h 31m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 19, with 7h 56m, a difference of 8 h 35 min. This far from the equator the swing is large: winter days are short and summer evenings stay light very late.

The earliest sunrise of the year comes around June 13 (05:28) and the latest sunset around June 22 (22:00). These are not exactly on the solstice because the sun’s position runs slightly ahead of or behind clock time during the year.

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 12:49 local time in late March, 13:44 in late June and 12:40 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 12:43 on average, roughly 43 minutes after 12:00, so the civil clock runs ahead of sun time and evenings feel late in Brussels. During daylight saving time everything moves an hour later on the clock.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in Brussels (2026–2027)

Brussels changes its clocks twice in 2026. On a change night, the local time skips or repeats a block of time, and the gap to other cities shifts unless they change on the same date.

• Sunday, March 29, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+2).
• Sunday, October 25, 2026: at 03:00 clocks go back one hour to 02:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+1).
• Sunday, March 28, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+2).
• Sunday, October 31, 2027: at 03:00 clocks go back one hour to 02:00 (UTC+2 → UTC+1).

Recurring meetings set in Brussels time stay at the same local hour; participants elsewhere see the meeting move by an hour for the weeks when only one side has changed.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.