What time is it in Lithuania?
EET / EEST · Europe/Vilnius
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EET UTC+02:00
UTC+02:00
UTC+03:00 in summerEastern European Standard Time
Lithuania sets its clocks to Eastern European Time, UTC+2, and puts them forward an hour to Eastern European Summer Time between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. A single zone, Europe/Vilnius, covers the country, which keeps it level with Latvia to the north and an hour ahead of Poland all year.
Today
Daylight in Vilnius today
DayLive
12:00
- Sunrise
- 07:14First light 06:38
- Sunset
- 19:04Last light 19:40
- Day length
- 11 h 50 min−5 min on yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:09Sun at 34°, its highest
Plan a call
Find an hour that works in Lithuania and elsewhere
The two rows are the same day, hour for hour. Pick a city, then an hour, and the line between the rows marks the office hours both sides share.
Time difference
How far Lithuania is from other places
Neighbours
- BelarusMinskSame time
- LatviaRigaSame time
- PolandWarsaw−1 h
- RussiaMoscowSame time
- SwedenStockholm−1 h
Around the world
- London−2 h
- New York−7 h
- Los Angeles−10 h
- São Paulo−6 h
- Dubai+1 h
- Delhi+2:30 h
- Beijing+5 h
- Tokyo+6 h
- Sydney+7 h
Clock changes
When the clocks change in Lithuania
Next change
Sunday, 25 October 2026
Clocks go back one hour: at 04:00 it becomes 03:00 EET, UTC+02:00. The night is an hour longer.
| Year | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 March 03:00 → 04:00 | 25 October 04:00 → 03:00 |
| 2027 | 28 March 03:00 → 04:00 | 31 October 04:00 → 03:00 |
| 2028 | 26 March 03:00 → 04:00 | 29 October 04:00 → 03:00 |
| 2029 | 25 March 03:00 → 04:00 | 28 October 04:00 → 03:00 |
| 2030 | 31 March 03:00 → 04:00 | 27 October 04:00 → 03:00 |
The time zone database first records summer time in Lithuania in 1919 and 1920. It came back under German occupation in 1941 to 1944, on Central European Time. After the war the clocks stood at UTC+3, and the Soviet Union reintroduced summer time on 1 April 1981, which put Lithuania on UTC+4 each summer until 1988. From 1989 the country kept UTC+2 with summer time, spent 1998 and 1999 on Central European Time, then held UTC+2 without any clock change from 2000 to 2002. Summer time has run every year since 2003.
In 2017 the Seimas, Lithuania's parliament, voted for a proposal asking the European Union to reconsider summer time, as the Finnish parliament did the same year. The European Parliament backed an end to seasonal clock changes on 26 March 2019, but the Council of the European Union has not approved the directive, so Lithuania still changes its clocks twice a year.
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset through the year in Vilnius
- Sunrise
- 07:14
- Sunset
- 19:04
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min
- Change
- −5 min
Longest day of 2026: 18 June, 17 h 18 min.
Computed for 54.69, 25.28 at sea level with the NOAA solar equations, to the nearest minute, taking no account of hills.
Writing the time
- Clock
- 24-hour
- Short date
- 2026-03-05
- Long date
- 2026 m. kovo 5 d.
- Week starts
- Monday
- Zone names
- EET / EEST
- Time zone database
- Vilnius
History
How the clocks in Lithuania got here
- 1890
- To 1916.Local mean time, UTC+01:24, before the standard zone.
- 1917
- To 1918.Local mean time, UTC+01:35, before the standard zone.
- 1919
- The move from local mean time, UTC+01:35, to UTC+01:00.
- 1920
- Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 at different times of the year.
- 1921
- To 1939.UTC+01:00 all year.
- 1940
- Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+03:00 at different times of the year.
- 1941
- UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer time.
- 1942
- Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 at different times of the year.
- 1943
- Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 at different times of the year.
- 1944
- Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00 at different times of the year.
- 1945
- To 1980.Summer time kept through the winter: UTC+03:00 all year.
- 1981
- To 1988.Clocks on UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00 at different times of the year.
- 1989
- UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer time.
- 1990
- To 1997.UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer time.
- 1998
- To 1999.Clocks on UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 at different times of the year.
- 2000
- To 2002.UTC+02:00 all year, no summer time.
- 2003
- To today.UTC+02:00 in winter, UTC+03:00 in summer time.
From the IANA time zone database, Europe/Vilnius, as the build machine carries it.
Common questions
Questions about the time in Lithuania
What time zone is Lithuania in?
Eastern European Time, two hours ahead of UTC, for the winter months, and Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3, from the last Sunday in March. The time zone database gives the country one entry, Europe/Vilnius, so a clock on the Baltic coast reads the same as one in the capital.
When do the clocks change in Lithuania in 2026?
They went forward on Sunday 29 March 2026, jumping from 03:00 to 04:00, and they go back on Sunday 25 October, from 04:00 to 03:00. Because Lithuania sits an hour east of Central Europe, its clocks move at 03:00 and 04:00 local time, the same instant, 01:00 UTC, as everywhere else in the European Union. In 2027 the changes fall on 28 March and 31 October.
Is Lithuania on the same time as Poland, Latvia and Belarus?
Only Latvia matches it all year. Poland keeps Central European Time and is an hour behind throughout. Belarus has stayed on what it once called summer time since 2011, level with Lithuania from March to October and an hour ahead in winter. Russia's Kaliningrad region keeps UTC+2 all year, so it shares Lithuania's winter time and falls an hour behind in summer.
Did Lithuania ever use Central European Time?
Three times. From 1921 to 1939 the clocks stood an hour ahead of UTC, and the German occupation of 1941 to 1944 brought Central European Time again. The most recent spell was short: in 1998 and 1999 Lithuania ran on UTC+1 with summer time at UTC+2, before returning to UTC+2 in 2000.
Did Lithuania skip summer time from 2000 to 2002?
Yes. Coming off its two years on Central European Time, the country returned to UTC+2 in 2000 and held it all year, with no spring or autumn change, until the end of 2002. The seasonal change resumed in 2003 and has followed the European Union's dates since.
Will Lithuania stop changing the clocks?
Not yet. The Seimas voted in 2017 to ask the European Union to reconsider summer time, and the European Parliament agreed on 26 March 2019 to end seasonal changes, leaving each state to pick its permanent time. The Council of the European Union has never approved that directive. Until it does, Lithuania keeps moving its clocks in March and October with the rest of the Union.
What is the time difference between Lithuania and London?
Two hours in every season. The United Kingdom and Lithuania move their clocks at the same instant, 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and of October, so the gap holds steady: noon in London is 14:00 in Vilnius in January and in July alike.