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End of DST in Europe 2021

On Sunday, October 31, 2021, clocks will be set back 1 hour in most of Europe as Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends.

A map showing time zones in Europe.
A map showing time zones in Europe.

The colored areas with stripes will change their clocks on October 31, 2021.

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When Do Clocks Change in Europe?

Clocks in most European countries are turned back by 1 hour on October 31, 2021 at 01:00 UTC. Since Europe spans several time zones, the switch occurs at different local times (see table below).

DST in Europe starts again on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

As always, the US will end DST a week after Europe, on November 7, 2021.

The EU Wants to Remove DST

European countries' frustrations with the seasonal clock change—Daylight Saving Time (DST)—led the European Parliament to draft a law to remove DST in the European Union permanently.

The draft law, issued in 2018, proposes that 2021 would be the last time EU Member States and affiliated countries follow the seasonal clock change. For this reason, all subsequent clock changes in European nations are marked as preliminary on timeanddate.com.

Negotiations have not yet started in the European Council, making it very unlikely for the law to apply in 2021 or any time soon. Europe, like the rest of the world, is still in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.

Time Change in Europe

Time changes in Europe are synchronized. According to the current EU rules, DST starts on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October. Participating countries are:

European countries that do not have DST include Russia, Iceland, and Belarus.

DST End: European Local Times

Time Zone during DSTLocal Time of DST EndTime Zone after DST (standard time)

British Summer Time (BST) used in the UK during summer.

UTC offset: +1 hour

DST ends at 02:00 (2 am) local time.
Clocks are set back 1 hour to 01:00 (1 am).

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

UTC offset: None

Irish Standard Time (IST) used in Ireland during summer.

UTC offset: +1 hour

DST ends at 02:00 (2 am) local time.
Clocks are set back 1 hour to 01:00 (1 am).

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

UTC offset: None

Western European Summer Time (WEST) observed in Portugal, the Faroe Islands, and the Canary Islands.

UTC offset: +1 hour

DST ends at 02:00 (2 am) local time.
Clocks are set back 1 hour to 01:00 (1 am).

Western European Time (WET)

UTC offset: None

Central European Summer Time (CEST), used in countries including France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Hungary, and Spain.

UTC offset: +2 hours

DST ends at 03:00 (3 am) local time.
Clocks are set back 1 hour to 02:00 (2 am).

Central European Time (CET)

UTC offset: +1 hour

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), observed in countries including Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Romania, and most areas in Ukraine.

UTC offset: +3 hours

DST ends at 04:00 (4 am) local time.
Clocks are set back 1 hour to 03:00 (3 am).

Eastern European Time (EET)

UTC offset: +2 hours

Most of the western parts of Russia and some parts of Ukraine are in the Moscow time zone, Moscow Standard Time (MSK).

UTC offset: UTC +3 hours