🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
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- Central European Standard Time
- UTC+1
- Daytime
☀️ 06:22 · 🌙 16:35 · 10 h 13 min
Budapest to Swords: time difference
Swords is 1 h behind Budapest. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
Drag along the band to read any hour in every place at once.
Budapest 11:15 11:15 AM Swords 10:15 10:15 AM You –:–
11:15 11:15 AM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 06:22 · 🌙 16:35
10:15 10:15 AM
Greenwich Mean Time · UTC+0
☀️ 07:16 · 🌙 17:02
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−1 h
Swords is 1 h behind Budapest.
When you, Budapest 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
🇭🇺 Budapest
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
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 | 🇭🇺 Budapest | 🇮🇪 Swords |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 11:15 | 10:15 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| Time zone | Central European Standard Time | Greenwich Mean Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+1 | UTC+0 |
| Offset from Budapest | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Budapest | Europe/Dublin |
| Daylight saving | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 | On standard time → UTC+1, Mar 28, 02:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:22 | 07:16 |
| Sunset | 16:35 | 17:02 |
| Daylight | 10 h 13 min | 9 h 46 min |
| People on this clock | 1,686,222 | 40,776 |
Compare Budapest with another city
More comparisons with Budapest: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
Big time differences
Budapest and Swords: common questions
How many hours behind Budapest is Swords?
The clocks in Swords are 1 hour behind those in Budapest (UTC+0 and UTC+1).
If it is 9:00 AM in Budapest, what time is it in Swords?
At 9:00 AM in Budapest, clocks in Swords show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Swords when it is 6:00 PM in Budapest?
When it is 6:00 PM in Budapest, it is 5:00 PM in Swords.
When is a good time to call Swords from Budapest?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Budapest – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 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 1:00 AM in Budapest it is still the previous day in Swords. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Swords it is already the next day in Budapest.
Does the time difference between Budapest and Swords change?
No. The clocks in Budapest and in Swords change on the same dates, so the difference stays 1 hour.
