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Umbria, Italy

Umbria shares Italy’s official clock, observing CET in standard time and CEST during daylight saving. Perugia, Terni, Foligno, and smaller towns throughout the landlocked region all use one local time.

Perugia, Italy

8:31:32 AM

Friday, 6 November 2026

UTC+1 · Europe/Rome

Time and sun data for Perugia — the largest city of Umbria

The sun in Perugia

Sunrise 6:52 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 06 min Night 13 h 54 min Civil twilight 6:22 AM – 5:28 PM

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Current time in Umbria, Italy

Umbria is on Central European Time when Italy observes standard time. CET corresponds to UTC+1. In the daylight-saving portion of the year, local clocks follow Central European Summer Time, corresponding to UTC+2.

No internal time boundary divides the region. Crossing from Tuscany, Lazio, or The Marches into Umbria also leaves the civil clock unchanged because these neighbouring Italian regions follow the same national system.

Umbria has no coastline and no private time zone; the hills provide quite enough character already.

One clock for Umbria’s main cities

Perugia, the regional capital, and Terni, another major urban centre, show the same official time. Foligno and Città di Castello follow it too. Local schedules may differ, but the underlying clock does not.

Perugia follows the Italian change between CET and CEST. Terni is never an hour ahead of or behind Perugia. Foligno uses the same time for rail services and local appointments. Città di Castello shares the clock used across Umbria.

This makes regional planning straightforward. Train and bus times, attraction opening hours, and bookings can be read without converting between municipalities. Travellers only need a time-zone calculation when comparing Umbria with a place outside the same time standard.

Sunrise among Umbrian hills and valleys

The official time is uniform, but the experience of sunrise is local. Astronomical sunrise varies by date and coordinates, while hills and valley walls affect when the sun becomes visible from a particular street, field, or viewpoint.

Perugia can serve as a central reference, Terni is more useful in the south, and Città di Castello better represents the north. For precise plans, use the closest available locality rather than assuming that one value describes all of Umbria.

Summer days are longer and winter days shorter because of the seasonal solar cycle. When clocks move between CET and CEST, sunrise and sunset appear at different clock hours. That administrative change does not alter the duration of natural daylight. It changes how local time labels the event.

Questions and answers

Does Umbria have the same time as Florence?: Yes. Umbria and neighbouring Tuscany use the same Italian time.
Is there a time difference between Perugia and Terni?: No. Both cities share one official clock throughout the year.
Which sunrise time should I use for an Umbrian town?: Use the nearest listed locality and allow for hills or buildings that may delay direct sight of the sun.