Graz, Austria · UTC+2
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Graz is in the Central European Time timezone (CET/UTC+1 in winter, CEST/UTC+2 in summer), following EU daylight saving.
Graz is the capital of the Styria region and Austria’s second city, with about 300,000 residents. It runs on Central European Time: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. The timezone is Europe/Vienna, shared with the national capital and all of Austria.
At 47 degrees North latitude, Graz has significant seasonal daylight variation. Summer evenings stay light past 9pm under UTC+2. Winter afternoons darken before 4pm. The city’s outdoor culture, including its famous farmers’ markets and riverside promenades along the Mur, follows the seasonal light closely.
The clocktower on the hill
The Uhrturm, the clock tower on Schlossberg hill overlooking the city, is Graz’s most recognizable landmark. Built in the sixteenth century, the tower shows only one hand: the hour hand. The minute hand was added later and is smaller than the hour hand, reversing normal convention.
Legend holds that the Grazer can read time from the hour hand at a distance and do not need the minute hand for daily life. Whether true or not, it captures something about Graz: a city that has its own way of doing things, even about something as universal as telling time.
University city and student rhythms
Graz University, founded in 1585, is one of the oldest universities in the German-speaking world. The student population, roughly 60,000 students in a city of 300,000, shapes the city’s social rhythm. Cafés fill late. The nightlife on Mehlplatz runs well past midnight. The Grazer student day starts later and ends later than the farmer or factory worker on the same Central European clock.
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Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database
- Stadt Graz
- Kernbauer, Alois. Geschichte der Universität Graz. Böhlau, 2010.
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Questions about time in Graz
- What timezone is Graz in?
- Graz is in Central European Time (CET), using the IANA timezone
Europe/Vienna. The standard UTC offset is UTC+1 in winter. During daylight saving time (summer), it becomes Central European Summer Time (CEST) at UTC+2. - Does Graz observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Graz observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+1 to UTC+2.
- What is the current UTC offset for Graz?
- Graz is currently at UTC+2. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Graz and New York?
- Graz is currently 6 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Graz and London?
- Graz is currently 1 hour ahead of London. Both cities observe daylight saving time on the same schedule (last Sunday of March and October), so the gap stays consistent year-round.
- What is the time difference between Graz and Los Angeles?
- Graz is currently 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Graz and Tokyo?
- Graz is currently 7 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Graz transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Graz?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Graz is
Europe/Vienna. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Vienna' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Vienna')`), or any IANA-compatible library. - Is CET the same as CEST?
- No. CET (Central European Time, UTC+1) is the standard winter time used by Graz and most of Central Europe. CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2) is the same zone during daylight saving time. The abbreviation changes, but it is the same IANA timezone — the offset shifts by one hour.