
Time zone and daylight saving time in Poland
Time zones are always calculated by their differenceto UTC, the "Universal Time Coordinated". In Poland there is only a single time zone at UTC+2. For example, New York is currently at UTC-4 in Eastern Time, so the time difference between New York and Poland is six hours.They have a nationwide clock change from standard time to daylight saving time, where the clocks are switched forward by one hour in summer.
The next clock change in Poland will be on October 26th, 2025 at 03:00 to standard time. The clocks are then set back one hour.
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Current time in all regions of Poland:
00:00
July 2025
Only 1 nationwide time zone
Standard time: | UTC +1 | Central European Time (CET) |
Daylight saving time: | UTC +2 | Central European Summertime (CEST) |
Poland has an east-west extension of 9.6 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Eastern Europe, this corresponds to about 670 kilometers. With this still relatively small extension, the course of the sun is only slightly different at various positions in the country. The position of the sun in the west of the country differs from that in the east by only about 39 minutes. This means the sun rises and sets 39 minutes later in the west than in the east. However, this time difference is still normal and is no reason for multiple time zones. This would only really make sense from 15 degrees of longitude.

The next clock changes in Poland
Unlike in North America, the clocks in Poland do not change on the same day. Instead of the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, Poland has different dates for the time change.Date | Local time | Change |
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Mar 30, 2025 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Oct 26, 2025 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Mar 29, 2026 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Oct 25, 2026 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Mar 28, 2027 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Oct 31, 2027 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Mar 26, 2028 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Oct 29, 2028 | 3:00 am | -1 hour to standard time |
Mar 25, 2029 | 2:00 am | +1 hour to daylight saving time |
Changes in Daylight Saving Times
Since 1916, Poland has tried to introduce daylight saving five times: from 1916 to 1919, in 1940, 1943 to 1949, 1957 to 1964 and 1977 until today.›All countries with Daylight Saving Time
Time differences to Warsaw
Los Angeles
-9 hours
Mexico City
-8 hours
Denver
-8 hours
Chicago
-7 hours
New York
-6 hours
Buenos Aires
-5 hours
UTC
-2 hours
Lisbon
-1 hour
London
-1 hour
Dublin
-1 hour
Johannesburg
0 hours
Berlin
0 hours
Athens
+1 hour
Moscow
+1 hour
Dubai
+2 hours
Kolkata
+3.5 hours
Bangkok
+5 hours
Shanghai
+6 hours
Singapore
+6 hours
Perth
+6 hours
Tokyo
+7 hours
Sydney
+8 hours
Auckland
+10 hours