Current Time in Italy
Italy uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Italy
It's 6:47 PM CET (UTC+01:00) in Italy on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Italy observes daylight saving time. The next change is on 28 March 2027 at 02:00 local time, to daylight saving time.
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- IANA: Europe/Rome
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 (CET)
- Clock changes
- Clocks go forward 1 hour on 28 March 2027 at 02:00 local time (to CEST, UTC+2).
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Rome
Milan
Naples
Turin
How Italy writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 novembre 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the it-IT locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time facts about Italy
- Rome Mean Time became Italy's national time from 12 December 1866; Central European Time replaced it on 1 November 1893, first introduced for the railways. Source: mm.icann.org
- San Marino and Vatican City share Italy's clock: their tz identifiers (Europe/San_Marino, Europe/Vatican) are aliases of Europe/Rome. Source: IANA tz database
Upcoming public holidays in Italy
National holidays only. Holidays observed in individual states or regions are not listed.
- Immaculate ConceptionImmacolata ConcezioneTue, 8 December 2026 · in 33 days
- Christmas DayNataleFri, 25 December 2026 · in 50 days
- St. Stephen's DaySanto StefanoSat, 26 December 2026 · in 51 days
- New Year's DayCapodannoFri, 1 January 2027 · in 57 days
- EpiphanyEpifaniaWed, 6 January 2027 · in 62 days
Time difference from Italy
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Italy time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 5:47 PM | 1 h behind | 7 h (10:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 12:47 PM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 9:47 AM | 9 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 9:47 PM | 3 h ahead | 5 h (09:00–14:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 1:47 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 2:47 AM | 8 h ahead | None |
| Sydney | Fri 4:47 AM | 10 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 2:47 PM | 4 h behind | 4 h (13:00–17:00) |
Italy at a glance
- Capital
- Rome
- Population
- 58,927,633
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
Questions about time in Italy
- What time is it in Italy right now?
- When this page was generated it was 6:47 PM CET (UTC+01:00) in Italy.
- How many time zones does Italy have?
- Italy uses one time zone, Central European Time (IANA ID Europe/Rome).
- Does Italy observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Italy observes daylight saving time. The next change is on 28 March 2027 at 02:00 local time, to daylight saving time.
- What is the next public holiday in Italy?
- The next national public holiday is Immaculate Conception on Tue, 8 December 2026.