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Skopje — Europe/Skopje

The current local time in the Europe/Skopje IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in North Macedonia in the area around Skopje. The zone is currently at UTC +02:00 · CEST and observes daylight saving time.

Europe/Skopje

18:57:38

Sunday, 11 October 2026 CEST

Zone information

IANA designation

Europe/Skopje

Region: Europe

Offset & DST

Current UTC offset: +02:00

Daylight saving: Observed

January offset +01:00 · July offset +02:00

Countries using Europe/Skopje

North Macedonia ISO MK

Skopje vs. major cities

How far Skopje is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Skopje, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City Difference At 09:00 in Skopje Shared office hours
New York · United States −6 h 03:00 15:00–17:00
Los Angeles · United States −9 h 00:00 None
São Paulo · Brazil −5 h 04:00 14:00–17:00
London · United Kingdom −1 h 08:00 10:00–17:00
Paris · France Same time 09:00 09:00–17:00
Johannesburg · South Africa Same time 09:00 09:00–17:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates +2 h 11:00 09:00–15:00
Delhi · India +3:30 h 12:30 09:00–13:30
Singapore · Singapore +6 h 15:00 09:00–11:00
Beijing · China +6 h 15:00 09:00–11:00

Shared office hours are shown in Skopje time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.

Clock changes in Skopje

Since 1970, Skopje has gone through 2 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 44 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 1983, is UTC +01:00 with UTC +02:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October, a rule in place since 1996.

DateChangeLocal clockNew offset
Sunday, 29 March 2026 Forward 1 hour 02:00 → 03:00 UTC +02:00
Sunday, 25 October 2026 Back 1 hour 03:00 → 02:00 UTC +01:00
Sunday, 28 March 2027 Forward 1 hour 02:00 → 03:00 UTC +02:00
Sunday, 31 October 2027 Back 1 hour 03:00 → 02:00 UTC +01:00

When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.

Time zone history since 1970

YearsOffsetDaylight saving
1970–1982UTC +01:00 all yearNo daylight saving time
1983–2026UTC +01:00, DST UTC +02:00Forward on the last Sunday in March, back on the last Sunday in October (since 1996)

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

Zones on the same clock as Skopje

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These zones show the same time as Europe/Skopje on every day of 2026, changing their clocks at the same moments. Their histories may differ.

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