What time is it in Luxembourg?
CET / CEST · Europe/Luxembourg
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CET UTC+01:00
UTC+01:00
UTC+02:00 in summerCentral European Standard Time
Luxembourg keeps Central European Time, UTC+1, and moves to Central European Summer Time, UTC+2, from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October, on the rule every member of the European Union follows. One zone covers the whole Grand Duchy. The time zone database no longer keeps a separate history for it: Europe/Luxembourg is now an alias of Europe/Brussels, and the Luxembourg record, which parts from Belgium's before 1944, survives only in the database's archive file.
Today
Daylight in Luxembourg today
DayLive
12:00
- Sunrise
- 07:30First light 06:58
- Sunset
- 19:22Last light 19:54
- Day length
- 11 h 52 min−4 min on yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:26Sun at 39°, its highest
Plan a call
Find an hour that works in Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg is from other places
Neighbours
- BelgiumBrusselsSame time
- GermanyBerlinSame time
- FranceParisSame time
Around the world
- London−1 h
- New York−6 h
- Los Angeles−9 h
- São Paulo−5 h
- Moscow+1 h
- Dubai+2 h
- Delhi+3:30 h
- Beijing+6 h
- Tokyo+7 h
- Sydney+8 h
Clock changes
When the clocks change in Luxembourg
Next change
Sunday, 25 October 2026
Clocks go back one hour: at 03:00 it becomes 02:00 CET, UTC+01:00. The night is an hour longer.
| Year | Clocks go forward | Clocks go back |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 25 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2027 | 28 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 31 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2028 | 26 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 29 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2029 | 25 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 28 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
| 2030 | 31 March 02:00 → 03:00 | 27 October 03:00 → 02:00 |
Luxembourg set its clocks to Central European Time in June 1904 and kept summer time from 1916. On 25 November 1918 it moved back to Greenwich time and went on changing the clocks each spring and autumn, under rules of its own until 1929 and Belgium's after that. German occupation brought Central European Time back in May 1940. Summer time ran every year until 1946, then lapsed for three decades, and has been kept every year since 1977; since 1996 it has ended on the last Sunday in October.
On 26 March 2019 the European Parliament voted to end the seasonal clock change and let each member state choose permanent summer or winter time. The Council of the European Union has not approved it, and no choice is recorded for Luxembourg, so the clocks still change twice a year. A plenary debate in October 2025 set no date.
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset through the year in Luxembourg
- Sunrise
- 07:30
- Sunset
- 19:22
- Daylight
- 11 h 52 min
- Change
- −4 min
Longest day of 2026: 17 June, 16 h 18 min.
Computed for 49.61, 6.13 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
- 05/03/2026
- Long date
- 5 mars 2026
- Week starts
- Monday
- Zone names
- CET / CEST
- Time zone database
- Luxembourg
History
How the clocks in Luxembourg got here
- 1970
- To 1976.UTC+01:00 all year, no summer time.
- 1977
- To today.UTC+01:00 in winter, UTC+02:00 in summer time.
From the IANA time zone database, Europe/Luxembourg, as the build machine carries it. The database keeps this zone's own history from 1970 only; the years before are told above from the sources.
Common questions
Questions about the time in Luxembourg
What time zone is Luxembourg in?
Central European Time, UTC+1, in winter and Central European Summer Time, UTC+2, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. A single zone covers the country. The time zone database now lists Europe/Luxembourg as an alias of Europe/Brussels, so a device may name the Belgian capital; the clock in the city of Luxembourg reads the same either way.
When do the clocks change in Luxembourg in 2026?
They went forward from 02:00 to 03:00 on 29 March 2026 and go back from 03:00 to 02:00 on 25 October. In 2027 the changes fall on 28 March and 31 October. Each change happens at 01:00 UTC, the instant set for the whole European Union, so the clocks in Belgium, France and Germany move at the same moment.
Why does the time zone database list Luxembourg under Brussels?
Luxembourg's clock has matched Belgium's since September 1944. Europe/Luxembourg is now a link to Europe/Brussels, and Luxembourg's own history sits in the archive file called backzone. The two records differ before 1944: Belgium kept Greenwich time until November 1914, while Luxembourg had been on Central European Time since June 1904. The year-by-year record on this page therefore starts in 1970, after the two clocks had long agreed.
When did Luxembourg adopt Central European Time?
In June 1904, when it left local mean time, which ran 24 minutes and 36 seconds ahead of Greenwich. On 25 November 1918 it switched to Greenwich time and stayed there until 14 May 1940, when the country, under German occupation, went back on Central European Time. The country has kept UTC+1 ever since.
When did Luxembourg start using summer time?
In 1916, with the clocks moved an hour forward on 14 May. Summer time then ran every year until 1946: under Luxembourg's own dates to 1929, under Belgium's to 1940, under the German occupation rules and, from September 1944, Belgium's again. After 1946 the country kept standard time all year until 1977, when summer time returned. The European Union rule has set the dates since, with the end moved to the last Sunday in October from 1996.
Will Luxembourg stop changing the clocks?
Not while the European Union rule stands. The European Parliament voted on 26 March 2019 to end the seasonal change, but the Council of the European Union has not approved the proposal, and a plenary debate on 23 October 2025 gave no date. Luxembourg has recorded no choice between permanent summer and permanent winter time; neighbouring France has favoured summer time.
Is Luxembourg on the same time as Belgium, France and Germany?
Yes, all year. The three neighbours keep UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer and change on the same Sundays, since the rule comes from the European Union directive. By longitude, Luxembourg, Belgium and France all lie in the Greenwich band, so their clocks run ahead of the sun; Germany is the one neighbour that lies within the band of its own time.