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Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary

Komárom-Esztergom keeps Europe/Budapest time. That means CET at UTC+1 during standard time and CEST at UTC+2 during daylight saving. The displayed local clock applies throughout the county, including Tatabánya, Esztergom, Komárom, and Oroszlány.

Tatabanya, Hungary

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+2 · Europe/Budapest

Time and sun data for Tatabanya — the largest city of Komárom-Esztergom

The sun in Tatabanya

Sunrise 06:10 Solar noon 12:47 Sunset 19:24 Daylight 13 h 14 min Night 10 h 46 min Civil twilight 05:38 – 19:56

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Current time in Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary

Komárom-Esztergom keeps Europe/Budapest time. That means CET at UTC+1 during standard time and CEST at UTC+2 during daylight saving. The displayed local clock applies throughout the county, including Tatabánya, Esztergom, Komárom, and Oroszlány.

The county’s northern edge meets the Danube and the Slovak border, but the border does not ordinarily create a clock difference because Slovakia also uses Central European seasonal time. Travelers should still confirm times when a journey continues beyond neighboring Central European countries.

For software, invitations, and travel bookings, Europe/Budapest is safer than entering UTC+1 manually. A fixed offset cannot adjust itself when daylight saving begins or ends. A river can mark an international border without making lunch arrive an hour earlier on the opposite bank.

From Tatabánya to the Danube towns

Tatabánya is the county seat and the largest city in Komárom-Esztergom. Esztergom, Komárom, Oroszlány, and Tata are other prominent urban centres. Each uses the same official local time, so county-wide schedules need no internal conversion.

Use Tatabánya time for administrative and regional appointments. Read Esztergom and Komárom opening hours as Hungarian local time. Keep the same clock when visiting Tata or Oroszlány. Check the destination zone only when continuing into a country with different rules.

Komárom has a cross-border counterpart, Komárno, on the Slovak side of the Danube. Similar names can cause booking mistakes, so verify the country and address even when the clock happens to agree.

Sunrise between the hills and river

Sunrise changes daily and is not perfectly uniform across this compact county. Longitude creates a small east-to-west difference, while hills, buildings, and the river valley influence when direct sunlight first becomes visible from a particular spot.

Esztergom lies farther east than Komárom, so their astronomical sunrise calculations need not match exactly. Tatabánya’s surrounding terrain can also make the observed appearance of the Sun differ from the ideal published time. A forecast may list cloud conditions, but cloud does not alter the calculated sunrise itself.

During daylight saving, the sunrise event receives a later clock label because the civil clock has advanced. For a dawn walk, river photograph, or early train, select the specific town and date. If useful light matters more than the solar edge crossing the horizon, consult twilight information as well.

Questions and answers
What time zone does Tatabánya use?
Tatabánya uses Europe/Budapest, with CET in standard time and CEST during daylight saving.
Is there a time difference across the Slovak border?
Hungary and Slovakia normally follow the same Central European clock system, so local times generally agree.
Why might the visible sunrise seem late?
Nearby hills, buildings, trees, haze, or cloud can obscure the Sun after the calculated sunrise moment.

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