Convert CEST to UTC
UTC is 2 hours behind CEST. CEST is UTC+2 and UTC is UTC+0.
Right now: CEST · UTC
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 6 hours: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM CEST (9:00 AM–3:00 PM UTC). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| CEST | UTC | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
CEST to UTC conversion table
| CEST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
About CEST
Central European Summer Time (CEST) is UTC+2. It is used in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome from late March to late October.
About UTC
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is UTC+0. It is used in the global time standard, used by aviation, computing and science.
A warning about daylight saving
The abbreviations on this page each denote a single fixed offset, so every figure here is exact. What changes is which abbreviation a place uses. New York is on EST in January and EDT in July, so "New York time" moves by an hour twice a year while EST and EDT themselves never move. When you schedule across zones, name the city rather than the abbreviation, or use UTC — that is what calendar software does internally.