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Clock change

European Clocks Go Back

Central European Summer Time ends across the EU at the same instant as the UK.

Date
Reference zone
Europe/Paris (CET)
Location
European Union

About this event

The European Union ends summer time on the last Sunday of October at 01:00 UTC, the same moment the UK does, which is why the one-hour gap between London and Paris, Berlin or Madrid never changes. Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) reverts to Central European Time (UTC+1), and Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) reverts to UTC+2. The EU voted in 2019 to abolish seasonal clock changes, but member states have never agreed on whether to settle permanently on summer or winter time, so the changes continue.

Start time around the world

The same instant, read off each city's own clock.

European Clocks Go Back start time in major cities
CityStarts at
Cardiff01:00UTC
London01:00UTC
New York21:00EDT
Los Angeles18:00PDT
Chicago20:00CDT
São Paulo22:00UTC−3
Paris02:00CET
Dubai05:00GST
Mumbai06:30UTC+5:30
Singapore09:00UTC+8
Tokyo10:00UTC+9
Sydney12:00UTC+11

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