Oct 27, 2024, 4:00 am
In most of Ukraine
Note: Only some parts of Ukraine use DST in 2026.
Mar 29
Forward 1 hour
Mar 29, 2026 - Daylight Saving Time Starts
When local standard time is about to reach
Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00:00 am local daylight time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 29, 2026 than the day before. There will be more light in the evening and less light in the morning.
Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.
Note that the above information is preliminary: This is based on news, not official information. The date might be updated or changed once we have reliable information.
Oct 25
Back 1 hour
Oct 25, 2026 - Daylight Saving Time Ends
When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 4:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 3:00:00 am local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Oct 25, 2026 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning and less light in the evening.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.
Note that the above information is preliminary: This is based on news, not official information. The date might be updated or changed once we have reliable information.
Which Oblasts and Cities With Special Status use Daylight Saving Time in 2026
Areas in Ukraine on standard time all of 2026
DST in Locations in Ukraine in 2026 (47 Locations) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchevsk | No DST | Kherson | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Pavlograd | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Alushta | No DST | Khmelnytskyi | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Poltava | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Berdiansk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Kramatorsk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Rivne | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Bila Tserkva | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Kremenchuk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Sevastopol | No DST |
| Brovary | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Kropyvnytskyi | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Sievierodonetsk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Cherkasy | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Kryvyi Rih | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Simferopol | No DST |
| Chernihiv | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Kyiv | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Sloviansk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Chernivtsi | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | L'viv | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Sumy | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Chernobyl | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Luhansk | No DST | Ternopil | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Dnipro | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Lutsk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Uzhgorod | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Donetsk | No DST | Makiivka | No DST | Vinnytsia | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Horlivka | No DST | Mariupol | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Yalta | No DST |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Melitopol | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Yevpatoria | No DST |
| Kamianske | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Mykolaiv | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Zaporizhia | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Kerch | No DST | Nikopol | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Zhytomyr | Mar 29 – Oct 25 |
| Kharkiv | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | Odesa | Mar 29 – Oct 25 | ||
Daylight Saving Time History in Ukraine
- Ukraine first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1940.
- Ukraine has observed DST for 49 years between 1940 and 2024 (DST in at least one location).
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1980.
- See Worldwide DST Statistics