Indexed entity
Košice is the kosice-SK record in Slovakia: country slug slovakia, city slug kosice, ISO SK, continent Europe, canonical IANA zone Europe/Bratislava.
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Live local time
Košice, Slovakia
12:41:35 PMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Europe/Bratislava
Quick answer
It is currently 12:41:35 PM (CEST, UTC+02:00) in Košice, Slovakia — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
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Sviatok svätého Cyrila a svätého Metoda (St. Cyril and Methodius Day)
Sun, Jul 5, 2026
PublicIn 88 days
Výročie Slovenského národného povstania (Slovak National Uprising anniversary)
Sat, Aug 29, 2026
PublicIn 91 days
Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky (Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic)
Tue, Sep 1, 2026
ObservanceUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Euro
1 USD = 0.8624 EUR
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
04:35 AM
Sunset
08:30 PM
Day length
15h 54m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Košice, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:41 AM UTC.
Current local time
12:41:35 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
CEST
Europe/Bratislava · UTC+02:00
Next holiday
St. Cyril and Methodius Day
Sunday, July 5, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Košice right now
Nearest airport
BTS
M. R. Štefánik Airport · 304 km
Indexed airports
1
Curated airport references available for Slovakia
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Košice, Slovakia.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 12:41 GMT+2
2 reference cities are overlapping now
Košice is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+02:00
Zone label
GMT+2
London
11:41 AM / -1h
Dubai
02:41 PM / +2h
Schedule risk
St. Cyril and Methodius Day on Sunday, July 5, 2026
Travel cue
BTS Bratislava, 304 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 04:35 AM to 08:30 PM, with solar noon around 12:33 PM and total daylight of 15h 55m.
Mapped location
48.71°N, 21.26°E
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:41 AM / -1h
Good live-call window with Košice right now.
New York
06:41 AM / -6h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:41 AM / -9h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:41 PM / +2h
Good live-call window with Košice right now.
Singapore
06:41 PM / +6h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Košice.
BTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport
Bratislava
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Europe/Bratislava for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+02:00; seasonal offset, UTC+01:00 in January and UTC+02:00 in July.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with London, Dubai because they overlap with Košice right now.
Check local interruptions
St. Cyril and Methodius Day on Sunday, July 5, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: BTS Bratislava, 304 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
Next detected clock change: October 25, 2026, moving back from 2026-10-25 02:59 (GMT+2) to 2026-10-25 02:00 (GMT+1).
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Košice has a detected clock-change edge. Re-check recurring meetings within two weeks of October 25, 2026, especially if the other city does not change clocks on the same weekend.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Košice.
Canonical route
/time/slovakia/kosice/
Catalog identity
kosice-SK · SK · Europe
Coordinate cell
48.71°N, 21.26°E · lat 48.714 · lon 21.258 · cell 4871:2126
Population record
225,044 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Europe/Bratislava · GMT+2 · UTC+02:00
January / July offsets
UTC+01:00 / UTC+02:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Miskolc, Hungary · 77 km
Nearest world hub
London · 1,550 km
Closest airport references
BTS Bratislava 304 km
Zone peer roster
Bratislava, Slovakia · Petržalka, Slovakia · Nitra, Slovakia
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Košice: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Košice is the kosice-SK record in Slovakia: country slug slovakia, city slug kosice, ISO SK, continent Europe, canonical IANA zone Europe/Bratislava.
48.71°N, 21.26°E; Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 48 and longitude band 21; exact decimal pair 48.71441, 21.25802.
Slovakia: official name Slovak Republic; capital Bratislava; region Europe; subregion Central Europe; country population 5,413,813; area 49,037 km²; languages Slovak; currencies EUR euro. This is the country layer behind the Košice clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Slovakia: Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. Source: Wikipedia.
Miskolc [miskolc-HU, HU, Europe/Budapest, 77 km]; Debrecen [debrecen-HU, HU, Europe/Budapest, 134 km]; Kraków [krakow-PL, PL, Europe/Warsaw, 178 km]; Budapest [budapest-HU, HU, Europe/Budapest, 213 km]; Nitra [nitra-SK, SK, Europe/Bratislava, 238 km]; Ostrava [ostrava-CZ, CZ, Europe/Prague, 249 km]; Szeged [szeged-HU, HU, Europe/Budapest, 286 km]; Petržalka [petrzalka-SK, SK, Europe/Bratislava, 312 km]
Košice is part of this indexed country cluster: Bratislava [bratislava-SK, Europe/Bratislava, pop 423,737]; Košice [kosice-SK, Europe/Bratislava, pop 225,044]; Petržalka [petrzalka-SK, Europe/Bratislava, pop 112,380]; Nitra [nitra-SK, Europe/Bratislava, pop 86,329].
London 1,550 km; Dubai 3,939 km; New York 7,075 km; Tokyo 8,833 km; Singapore 9,349 km; Los Angeles 9,975 km; São Paulo 10,470 km; Sydney 15,612 km
BTS M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava [SK, 304 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include BTS M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava [SK].
Košice renders Jun 2, 2026 · 12:41 GMT+2; GMT+2 at UTC+02:00; January UTC+01:00; July UTC+02:00; next holiday St. Cyril and Methodius Day on 2026-07-05.
This evidence pack is what keeps smaller city pages from reading like timezone templates: concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Košice.
Košice is a context-and-reference city; rank #2 of 4 retained Slovakia city pages. The route is /time/slovakia/kosice/ and the city id is kosice-SK.
Košice has 15 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Košice is pinned at 48.71°N, 21.26°E; Miskolc (77 km); London (1,550 km).
Europe/Bratislava resolves to seasonal offset split: UTC+01:00 in January and UTC+02:00 in July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Slovakia.
BTS M. R. Štefánik Airport (304 km) · St. Cyril and Methodius Day (Sunday, July 5, 2026) · 1 country airport reference · 15 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Košice uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Košice: Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary and Ukraine. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC+01:00 and summer UTC+02:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone Europe/Bratislava.
Košice is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 21.26°, Košice's mean solar noon falls about 35 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled +02:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Košice sits at 48.71°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 57 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 3 minutes on the December solstice.
Košice sits at 48.71°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 57 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 3 minutes on the December solstice.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 17 (16h 9m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (8h 16m)
Year-round average
12h 15m
Annual swing
7h 53m
See the full daylight curve for Košice at /sun/kosice/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Košice local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Košice |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 15:00 - 23:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 07:00 - 15:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 05:30 - 13:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 02:00 - 10:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
15
Reference fields include Košice's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 12:41:35 PM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Košice (UTC+02:00, CEST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
04:35 AM to 08:30 PM
Day length 15h 55m · Solar noon 12:33 PM
Next country holiday
St. Cyril and Methodius Day
Sunday, July 5, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Košice local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gamescom 2026
keynoteWednesday, August 26, 2026
85 days to go
IFA Berlin 2026
keynoteFriday, September 4, 2026
94 days to go
Adobe MAX 2026
keynoteTuesday, November 10, 2026
161 days to go
NeurIPS 2026
keynoteSunday, December 6, 2026
187 days to go
Mobile World Congress 2027
keynoteMonday, March 1, 2027
272 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Population
225K
Coordinates
48.71, 21.26
Timezone
Europe/Bratislava
Indexed airports
1
Capital
Bratislava
Languages
Slovak
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
49,037 km²
Košice, Slovakia (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Europe/Bratislava (CEST, UTC+02:00); population ~225K.
Coordinates: 48.71°N, 21.26°E. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~5407 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 04:35 AM and sets around 08:30 PM in Košice — about 15h 55m of daylight. Slovakia observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Miskolc (77 km from Košice) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Slovakia.
Next national holiday: St. Cyril and Methodius Day, 2026-07-05.
Košice is indexed as a Europe city in the SK country record, using Europe/Bratislava as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/slovakia/kosice/.
Location context: 48.71°N, 21.26°E; population 225,044; nearest indexed city Miskolc is about 77 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 1,550 km away.
Country planning context: capital Bratislava; subregion Central Europe; languages Slovak; currency EUR (€); area 49,037 km²; 1 curated airport references; next holiday St. Cyril and Methodius Day on 2026-07-05.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC+01:00 and summer UTC+02:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone Europe/Bratislava.
Košice is listed in the dataset snapshot as 2 hours ahead of UTC (offset +02:00). 1 hour ahead of London, 7 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude 21.26°, Košice's mean solar noon falls about 35 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled +02:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Košice sits at 48.71°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 57 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 3 minutes on the December solstice.
Mid-sized city with around 225 thousand residents — busy enough to keep regular international business hours, small enough to retain a regional character. (Košice city-proper figure.)
Related clock anchors for Košice: Bratislava (same time), San Francisco (−9h), Los Angeles (−9h), Paris (same time), London (−1h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
slovakia
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
CEST
IANA Zone
Europe/Bratislava
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Košice.
Public-disclosure tracker
EU Pay Transparency Directive — Transposition Deadline
G7 Évian Summit
German Federal Constitutional Court — Inheritance Tax Ruling
NATO Summit 2026 (The Hague)
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Košice: closest hubs London (~1,550 km), Dubai (~3,939 km), New York (~7,075 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,612 km).
Košice sits inside Slovakia — the Central Europe subregion, capital Bratislava, languages Slovak, currency EUR (€).
Closest indexed cities to Košice: Miskolc (77 km), Debrecen (134 km), Kraków (178 km), Budapest (213 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Košice: St. Cyril and Methodius Day, Slovak National Uprising anniversary, Day of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Slovakia.
Closest curated airport references from Košice: BTS Bratislava (304 km).
M. R. Štefánik AirportBTS
Bratislava · 304 km from Košice
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 8m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:41 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:41 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:41 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:41 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:41 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:41 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:41 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:41 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Košice is in the Europe/Bratislava timezone (CEST), with a UTC offset of +02:00.
Košice uses seasonal daylight saving rules in Europe/Bratislava. The current offset is UTC+02:00; January resolves to UTC+01:00 and July resolves to UTC+02:00.
The current UTC offset for Košice is UTC+02:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Košice, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 12:41 GMT+2. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Košice sits at 48.71°N, 21.26°E in Slovakia, with about 225K residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Košice is London, about 1,550 km away as the crow flies.
Miskolc is the closest indexed city, roughly 77 km from Košice.
M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS) is the closest curated airport reference, about 304 km from Košice.
St. Cyril and Methodius Day is the next upcoming holiday in Slovakia, on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
Košice uses euro (EUR, symbol €) as the local currency of Slovakia.
The longest day of 2026 in Košice falls on Jun 17 with about 16h 9m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 8h 16m; the year-round average is 12h 15m.
In Košice local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 15:00-23:00; London 10:00-18:00; Frankfurt 09:00-17:00; Dubai 07:00-15:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.