Current time in Brussels, Belgium, time zones and time difference

Current time in Brussels

14:27:43
DST

Freitag

31.07.2026

Time zones in Brussels

Standard time: Central European Time CET
Daylight saving time: Central European Summer Time CEST
Universal Time Code: UTC+01:00
Time zone in PHP (IANA time zone identifier / TZ ID): Europe/Brussels

Time difference between Brussels and Germany

+/-0 Stunden

The current time difference between Brussels and Germany is +/-0 Stunden.

Time difference between Brussels and other places worldwide:

Daylight Saving Time in Brussels

In Brussels, clocks are set to daylight saving time during the summer months. The time zone then in effect is Central European Summer Time CEST (UTC+02:00).

Standard time: Central European Time CET (UTC+01:00)
Daylight saving time: Central European Summer Time CEST (UTC+02:00)

Next change to standard time: Sunday, 25.10.2026
The clocks move back by 1 hour, from 03:00 to 02:00.
Next change to daylight saving time: Sunday, 28.03.2027
The clocks move forward by 1 hour, from 02:00 to 03:00.

Information about Brussels

Brussels is the capital of the Kingdom of Belgium.

While the city of Brussels has a population of only about 200,000, the Brussels-Capital Region has a population of approximately 1.21 million. This capital region is bilingual and consists of Brussels-Capital, Flanders, and Wallonia—or, more specifically, 19 municipalities comparable to city districts.

Brussels was named European Capital of Culture in 2000, alongside Avignon, Bergen, Bologna, Helsinki, Kraków, Prague, Reykjavík, and Santiago de Compostela.