Current time in Milan, Italy
The current local time in Milan is shown below. Milan observes CET in winter and CEST during daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
Milan in context
Milan sits in the Po Valley plain of northern Italy in the Lombardy region, around 145 kilometres south of the Swiss border at the foot of the Alps. The municipal population is around 1.4 million, the second-largest in Italy, with the wider metropolitan area at around 5 million. The geography is unusually flat for a major Italian city, with no significant natural waterways through the centre; the historic canals that gave the city its trading wealth were progressively covered through the 20th century.
Timezone history of Milan
Milan shares Central European Time with the rest of Italy, joining the wider CET zone that runs from Spain to Poland. The city sits at around 9.2 degrees east, close to the CET meridian, so solar noon arrives only minutes before clock noon during standard time. Italy's narrow north-south geography keeps the entire country on a single offset without the regional variations that plague larger neighbours.
Working hours in Milan
Milan is Italy's financial and fashion capital, with the Borsa Italiana stock exchange, the major Italian banks, and the fashion industry's twice-yearly Milan Fashion Week shaping the city's commercial calendar. Working hours run 09:00 to 18:00 with a shorter lunch break (one hour) than is typical in central and southern Italy. The fashion weeks in February (autumn-winter) and September (spring-summer), and the larger Salone del Mobile design fair in April, are the year's most concentrated business events.