🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
44
- Eastern European Summer Time
- UTC+3
- Daytime
☀️ 07:33 · 🌙 18:30 · 10 h 57 min
Bucharest to Portlaoise: time difference
Portlaoise is 2 h behind Bucharest. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Bucharest 16:36 4:36 PM Portlaoise 14:36 2:36 PM You –:–
16:36 4:36 PM
Eastern European Summer Time · UTC+3
☀️ 07:33 · 🌙 18:30
14:36 2:36 PM
Irish Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:59 · 🌙 18:31
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−2 h
Portlaoise is 2 h behind Bucharest.
When you, Bucharest and Portlaoise 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
🇮🇪 Portlaoise
22 10 PM 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇷🇴 Bucharest | 🇮🇪 Portlaoise |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 16:36 | 14:36 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 17, 2026 | Saturday, October 17, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern European Summer Time | Irish Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+3 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Bucharest | — | −2 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Bucharest | Europe/Dublin |
| Daylight saving | On summer time → UTC+2, Oct 25, 03:00 | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 07:33 | 07:59 |
| Sunset | 18:30 | 18:31 |
| Daylight | 10 h 57 min | 10 h 32 min |
| People on this clock | 1,883,425 | 23,494 |
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Big time differences
Bucharest and Portlaoise: common questions
What is the time difference between Bucharest and Portlaoise?
Portlaoise is 2 hours behind: it uses UTC+1, while Bucharest is on UTC+3.
What time is it in Portlaoise at the start of the working day in Bucharest?
The working day in Bucharest starts at 9:00 AM; in Portlaoise it is 7:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest, what time is it in Portlaoise?
At 6:00 PM in Bucharest, clocks in Portlaoise show 4:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Bucharest and Portlaoise are at work?
Yes: from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Bucharest (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Portlaoise), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Portlaoise?
Until 2:00 AM in Bucharest it is still the previous day in Portlaoise. The other way round, from 10:00 PM in Portlaoise it is already the next day in Bucharest.
Is the time difference between Bucharest and Portlaoise the same all year?
Yes. Both places switch to summer time and back on the same dates, so the gap remains 2 hours.
