Current time in Budapest, Hungary
9:44:28 AM
Monday, October 26, 2026
Budapest is on Central European Standard Time, UTC+1. It observes daylight saving time.
About 1.7 million people live in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The nearest airport with scheduled passenger flights is Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD, 18 km away).
- Time zone
- Europe/Budapest
- UTC offset now
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving time
- Not in effect now
- Sunrise today
- 6:17 AM
- Sunset today
- 4:38 PM
- Daylight
- 10 h 21 min
- Population
- 1,741,041
- Currency
- Forint (HUF)
- Dialing code
- +36
- Languages (country)
- Hungarian
- Next clock change
- Clocks spring forward 1 hour on Sun, Mar 28, 2027 at 2:00 AM local (UTC+1 to UTC+2)
- Airports
- BUD 18 km
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