🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
01
- Eastern European Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 06:48 · 🌙 17:13 · 10 h 25 min
Bucharest to Swords: time difference
Swords 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 12:59 12:59 PM Swords 10:59 10:59 AM You –:–
12:59 12:59 PM
Eastern European Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:48 · 🌙 17:13
10:59 10:59 AM
Greenwich Mean Time · UTC+0
☀️ 07:16 · 🌙 17:02
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−2 h
Swords is 2 h behind Bucharest.
When you, Bucharest and Swords 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
🇮🇪 Swords
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 | 🇮🇪 Swords |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 12:59 | 10:59 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| Time zone | Eastern European Standard Time | Greenwich Mean Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+0 |
| Offset from Bucharest | — | −2 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Bucharest | Europe/Dublin |
| Daylight saving | On standard time → UTC+3, Mar 28, 04:00 | On standard time → UTC+1, Mar 28, 02:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:48 | 07:16 |
| Sunset | 17:13 | 17:02 |
| Daylight | 10 h 25 min | 9 h 46 min |
| People on this clock | 1,883,425 | 40,776 |
Compare Bucharest with another city
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Big time differences
Bucharest and Swords: common questions
What is the time difference between Bucharest and Swords?
Swords is 2 hours behind: it uses UTC+0, while Bucharest is on UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Bucharest, what time is it in Swords?
At 9:00 AM in Bucharest, clocks in Swords show 7:00 AM.
What time is it in Swords when it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest?
When it is 6:00 PM in Bucharest, it is 4:00 PM in Swords.
When is a good time to call Swords from Bucharest?
Between 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Bucharest – that is 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Swords – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Swords?
Until 2:00 AM in Bucharest it is still the previous day in Swords. The other way round, from 10:00 PM in Swords it is already the next day in Bucharest.
Does the time gap between Bucharest and Swords change during the year?
No – both places switch to and from summer time on the same dates, so the gap stays 2 hours.
