Current time in Bucharest, Romania
The current local time in Bucharest is shown below. Bucharest observes EET in winter and EEST during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Bucharest?
Bucharest observes Eastern European Time at UTC+2, switching to UTC+3 in summer following the EU DST schedule. Romania joined the EU in 2007 and is fully integrated with the European time framework. The city's longitude around 26 degrees east places wall time slightly behind mean solar noon. Moldova immediately east operates on the same EET offset. Bulgaria to the south also shares the zone. The wider Balkan region's Central European Time countries (Serbia, Hungary) operate one hour behind.
What are the working hours in Bucharest?
IT services and shared services for European multinationals have grown into the city's largest white-collar sector, with Bucharest hosting many major outsourcing operations. Office hours run 09:00 to 18:00 in the modern Pipera and Bฤneasa office districts. The Romanian working week runs Monday to Friday with Saturday morning shopping common. Easter, following the Orthodox calendar in most years, is a substantial spring holiday. Mฤrศiศor on 1 March marks the beginning of spring and is locally significant. The substantial summer holiday tradition concentrates in late July and August.
Where is Bucharest?
Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, sitting on the Wallachian plain in the southern half of the country, around 60 kilometres north of the Danube and the Bulgarian border. The city proper holds around 1.7 million residents and the wider metropolitan area roughly 2.4 million. The Dรขmboviศa River runs through the city centre. The Carpathian foothills begin around 80 kilometres north. The city's central area mixes inter-war French-influenced architecture with Ceauศescu-era socialist monumentalism, particularly around the vast Palace of the Parliament.