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Somogy County, Hungary

Somogy County uses Hungary’s nationwide time: CET at UTC+1 during standard time and CEST at UTC+2 during daylight saving. The live local clock applies equally to Kaposvár, Siófok, Marcali, Barcs, and communities along the southern shore of Lake Balaton.

Kaposvar, Hungary

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+2 · Europe/Budapest

Time and sun data for Kaposvar — the largest city of Somogy County

The sun in Kaposvar

Sunrise 06:14 Solar noon 12:49 Sunset 19:25 Daylight 13 h 11 min Night 10 h 49 min Civil twilight 05:43 – 19:56

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Current time in Somogy County, Hungary

Somogy County uses Hungary’s nationwide time: CET at UTC+1 during standard time and CEST at UTC+2 during daylight saving. The live local clock applies equally to Kaposvár, Siófok, Marcali, Barcs, and communities along the southern shore of Lake Balaton.

Nothing about traveling between the county seat and the lakeside requires a clock change. Accommodation times, rail departures, restaurant bookings, and events are all stated in Hungarian local time unless an organizer explicitly says otherwise.

Europe/Budapest is the appropriate digital time-zone setting. It retains the regional rules, whereas a fixed UTC offset can become wrong after a seasonal clock change. Lake Balaton can make an afternoon feel timeless; the hotel checkout desk usually remains unconvinced.

Main towns from Kaposvár to Balaton

Kaposvár is the county seat and largest city. Siófok is a major destination on Lake Balaton, while Marcali, Barcs, Nagyatád, and Fonyód are important centres in other parts of Somogy. Each follows the same official hour.

Use Kaposvár time for county administration and inland travel. Read Siófok event times in the national Hungarian time zone. Keep the same watch when moving west toward Marcali or Fonyód. No conversion is required for Barcs or Nagyatád.

Barcs lies near Croatia, making accurate destination details important on cross-border journeys. Once a trip leaves Hungary, check the rules for the destination rather than assuming that a neighboring country’s clock will always remain aligned.

Sunrise by the lake and inland

Sunrise in Somogy varies with season and location. Towns spread across the county do not share an identical astronomical minute, even though all display the same civil time. A value calculated for Siófok is not automatically the precise value for Kaposvár or Barcs.

At Lake Balaton, the direction of the shoreline and an open view over water can make dawn easy to observe. Inland, hills, woods, and buildings may delay direct sunlight. These features change what an observer sees, not the formal astronomical calculation.

After the clock moves to daylight-saving time, dawn appears later on the clock. When standard time resumes, it appears earlier by civil time. Boaters, anglers, drivers, and photographers should use the date-specific figure for their nearest town and allow for twilight, cloud, and the local horizon.

Questions and answers
Is Siófok in the same time zone as Kaposvár?
Yes. Both use Europe/Budapest time.
Does Lake Balaton affect the official clock?
No. It can affect the view and feel of dawn, but not civil time.
Why should I avoid setting a fixed UTC offset?
A fixed offset does not automatically follow Hungary’s seasonal movement between CET and CEST.

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