Current time in Palermo, Italy
The current local time in Palermo is shown below. Palermo observes CET in winter and CEST 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 Palermo?
Palermo keeps Central European Time along with the rest of Italy, though as one of the most southerly and westerly major Italian cities, near 13.4 degrees east, it sits a little further from the offset's meridian than the mainland south, leaving the sun a few minutes behind the clock. Sicily's position in the centre of the Mediterranean places it on the same offset as Malta to the south and Tunisia to the west, a continuous clock across that busy stretch of sea.
What are the working hours in Palermo?
Tourism, the port, public administration, and agriculture from the fertile hinterland anchor an economy where the unhurried southern pace and a long midday break remain part of working life, with shops and offices often closing in the early afternoon before reopening toward evening. The fierce summer heat reinforces the pattern, pushing activity into the cooler hours. Much of the island slows for the Ferragosto holiday in mid-August, and the feast of Saint Rosalia in July is the city's largest annual celebration. Street markets such as the Vucciria keep their own early-morning trading hours.
Where is Palermo?
Palermo lies on the north-western coast of Sicily, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea beneath a ring of mountains, the capital of the largest island in the Mediterranean and of Italy's most populous autonomous region. The metropolitan area holds around 1.2 million people. Successive rulers, Phoenician, Roman, Arab, Norman, and Spanish, have left their mark on a city whose architecture and cooking still carry the layered traces of its position at the crossroads of the Mediterranean.