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Time in Bologna, Italy now

02:36:18AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Bologna switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:55AM ↓ 07:42PM (12h 46m) - More info - Make Bologna time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bologna

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Bologna is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bologna can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bologna is Europe/Rome.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Bologna

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bologna

Sunrise: 06:55AM
Sunset: 07:42PM
Day length: 12h 46m
Solar noon: 01:19PM
The current local time in Bologna is 79 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bologna on the map

Location: Italy
Latitude: 44.49. Longitude: 11.34
Population: 395,000
Elevation: 50 m

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