🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
15
- Eastern European Summer Time
- UTC+3
- Twilight
☀️ 07:24 · 🌙 18:42 · 11 h 18 min
Bucharest to Lucerne: time difference
Lucerne is 1 h behind Bucharest. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇨🇭 Lucerne, Switzerland
15
- Central European Summer Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 07:38 · 🌙 18:51 · 11 h 13 min
−1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Bucharest 06:47 6:47 AM Lucerne 05:47 5:47 AM You –:–
06:47 6:47 AM
Eastern European Summer Time · UTC+3
☀️ 07:24 · 🌙 18:42
05:47 5:47 AM
Central European Summer Time · UTC+2
☀️ 07:38 · 🌙 18:51
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−1 h
Lucerne is 1 h behind Bucharest.
When you, Bucharest and Lucerne are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇷🇴 Bucharest
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇨🇭 Lucerne
23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇷🇴 Bucharest | 🇨🇭 Lucerne |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 06:47 | 05:47 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern European Summer Time | Central European Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+3 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Bucharest | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Bucharest | Europe/Zurich |
| Daylight saving | On summer time → UTC+2, Oct 25, 03:00 | On summer time → UTC+1, Oct 25, 02:00 |
| Sunrise | 07:24 | 07:38 |
| Sunset | 18:42 | 18:51 |
| Daylight | 11 h 18 min | 11 h 13 min |
| People on this clock | 1,883,425 | 81,284 |
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Bucharest and Lucerne: common questions
How far behind Bucharest is Lucerne?
Lucerne is 1 hour behind Bucharest: UTC+2 against UTC+3.
If it is 9:00 AM in Bucharest, what time is it in Lucerne?
At 9:00 AM in Bucharest, clocks in Lucerne show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Lucerne when it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest?
When it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest, it is 5:00 PM in Lucerne.
When do working hours in Bucharest and in Lucerne overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Bucharest, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Lucerne.
When is it still the previous day in Lucerne?
Until 1:00 AM in Bucharest it is still the previous day in Lucerne. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Lucerne it is already the next day in Bucharest.
Is the time difference between Bucharest and Lucerne the same all year?
Yes. Both places switch to summer time and back on the same dates, so the gap remains 1 hour.
