EET to CET: EET is 1 hour ahead of CET
Eastern European Time is 1 hour ahead of Central European Time, on every day of the year. It is 6:21 am EEST in Eastern European and 5:21 am CEST in Central European.
Convert a specific time from EET to CET
Pick any time and date to convert it both ways. The conversion runs in your browser against the real zone rules, so a date inside a daylight saving period gets that period's offset rather than today's.
What is the time difference between EET and CET?
Central European Time is 1 hour behind Eastern European Time. To go from EET to CET you subtract 1 hour. That gap holds on all 365 days of 2026: both zones move their clocks, but on the same dates and in the same direction, so the distance between them never changes.
EET to CET conversion table
Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026 in Eastern European, with the matching reading in Central European. 1 of the 24 hours land on a different calendar date in Central European, which is the part people get wrong when they schedule across this pair.
| EET | EET 24h | CET | CET 24h | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 00:00 | 11:00 pm | 23:00 | the previous day |
| 1:00 am | 01:00 | 12:00 am | 00:00 | same day |
| 2:00 am | 02:00 | 1:00 am | 01:00 | same day |
| 3:00 am | 03:00 | 2:00 am | 02:00 | same day |
| 4:00 am | 04:00 | 3:00 am | 03:00 | same day |
| 5:00 am | 05:00 | 4:00 am | 04:00 | same day |
| 6:00 am | 06:00 | 5:00 am | 05:00 | same day |
| 7:00 am | 07:00 | 6:00 am | 06:00 | same day |
| 8:00 am | 08:00 | 7:00 am | 07:00 | same day |
| 9:00 am | 09:00 | 8:00 am | 08:00 | same day |
| 10:00 am | 10:00 | 9:00 am | 09:00 | same day |
| 11:00 am | 11:00 | 10:00 am | 10:00 | same day |
| 12:00 pm | 12:00 | 11:00 am | 11:00 | same day |
| 1:00 pm | 13:00 | 12:00 pm | 12:00 | same day |
| 2:00 pm | 14:00 | 1:00 pm | 13:00 | same day |
| 3:00 pm | 15:00 | 2:00 pm | 14:00 | same day |
| 4:00 pm | 16:00 | 3:00 pm | 15:00 | same day |
| 5:00 pm | 17:00 | 4:00 pm | 16:00 | same day |
| 6:00 pm | 18:00 | 5:00 pm | 17:00 | same day |
| 7:00 pm | 19:00 | 6:00 pm | 18:00 | same day |
| 8:00 pm | 20:00 | 7:00 pm | 19:00 | same day |
| 9:00 pm | 21:00 | 8:00 pm | 20:00 | same day |
| 10:00 pm | 22:00 | 9:00 pm | 21:00 | same day |
| 11:00 pm | 23:00 | 10:00 pm | 22:00 | same day |
What are the best hours to schedule a call between EET and CET?
7 hours of the standard 9:00 am to 5:00 pm working day line up in both zones, from 10:00 am EET to 5:00 pm EET. In Central European that window reads 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Outside it, one side is either not yet at their desk or already gone.
| EET | CET | Working hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am | 9:00 am | both sides | mid morning in Eastern European, mid morning in Central European |
| 11:00 am | 10:00 am | both sides | mid morning in Eastern European, mid morning in Central European |
| 12:00 pm | 11:00 am | both sides | noon in Eastern European, mid morning in Central European |
| 1:00 pm | 12:00 pm | both sides | afternoon in Eastern European, noon in Central European |
| 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm | both sides | afternoon in Eastern European, afternoon in Central European |
| 3:00 pm | 2:00 pm | both sides | afternoon in Eastern European, afternoon in Central European |
| 4:00 pm | 3:00 pm | both sides | afternoon in Eastern European, afternoon in Central European |
Does daylight saving change EET to CET?
Eastern European Time is currently on EEST and changes next on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when the clock falls back from 3:59 am to 3:00 am and the offset moves from UTC+3 to UTC+2.
Central European Time is currently on CEST and changes next on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when the clock falls back from 2:59 am to 2:00 am and the offset moves from UTC+2 to UTC+1.
Is EET ahead of or behind CET?
EET is ahead of CET by 1 hour: when it is 12:00 pm in Eastern European, it is 11:00 am in Central European. One wrinkle worth knowing: EET and EEST are two names for the same zone, not two zones. Eastern European Time reads EET in winter and EEST in summer. When somebody types "eet to cet" they nearly always mean the zone rather than the literal winter offset, so this page resolves EET to Europe/Athens and CET to Europe/Paris and applies whichever offset is genuinely in force on the day.
Eastern European Time covers Athens, Helsinki, Bucharest and Kyiv. Central European Time covers Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome and Amsterdam. The identifiers behind them are Europe/Athens and Europe/Paris, which is what any calendar or scheduling system should be storing rather than a fixed number of hours.
Questions
- What is EET in CET?
- EET is 1 hour ahead of CET. 9:00 am EET is 8:00 am CET.
- How many hours ahead is CET of EET?
- CET is 1 hour behind EET.
- What time is it in Central European right now?
- 5:21 am CEST on Friday, September 25, 2026.
- When can Eastern European and Central European meet during working hours?
- Between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm EET, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm CET.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- Yes. Every reading is computed from the IANA database for the actual date, so EEST and CEST are the abbreviations genuinely in force today rather than a fixed assumption.
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