Countdown to Clocks Go Back in Europe 2026

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Clocks go back in Europe 2026 at a glance

Date

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Exact moment

01:00 UTC

Day of the year

Day 298 of 365

ISO week

Week 43

Observed

EU member states, the UK and most of Europe

Clocks go back in Europe dates, 2024–2034

EU Directive 2000/84/EC fixes the change for the last Sunday of October at 01:00 UTC, so every country switches at the same instant: 02:00 in London and Lisbon becomes 01:00, 03:00 in Paris and Berlin becomes 02:00, and 04:00 in Athens and Helsinki becomes 03:00.

Times are computed from the rule above and rounded to the minute; your local time is shown alongside UTC.

About Clocks go back in Europe

• The UK, Norway, Switzerland and most other non-EU European countries follow the same schedule.
• Iceland, Belarus, Russia and Turkey do not change their clocks.
• The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end seasonal clock changes, but EU member states never agreed on it, so the switch continues.
• Summer time starts again on the last Sunday of March, also at 01:00 UTC.
• The US falls back one week later, on the first Sunday of November, so for that week the gap between US and European clocks is an hour smaller than usual.

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