Municipality of Dobrovnik, Slovenia
Municipality of Dobrovnik uses Slovenia’s national time: Central European Time in winter and Central European Summer Time during daylight saving. The local clock is shared by Dobrovnik, Strehovci, and Žitkovci, while sunrise changes daily.
Dobrovnik, Slovenia
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Ljubljana
Time and sun data for Dobrovnik — the largest city of Municipality of Dobrovnik
The sun in Dobrovnik
Sunrise 7:11 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 11 h 01 min Night 12 h 59 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 6:42 PM
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Current time in Municipality of Dobrovnik, Slovenia
The displayed local time applies throughout the municipality. Dobrovnik lies in northeastern Slovenia, but it does not have a separate regional time zone. A journey between its settlements therefore requires no clock adjustment.
Slovenia follows Central European Time, abbreviated CET, during the standard-time part of the year. CET is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. During the daylight-saving period, clocks use Central European Summer Time, or CEST, which is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
CET means UTC+1. CEST means UTC+2. The time-zone identifier commonly used by software is Europe/Ljubljana. Phones and computers set to Slovenia should normally change automatically. In a municipality with one clock and three principal settlements, getting there on time is mostly a matter of leaving on time.
Settlements and the local clock
Dobrovnik is the municipal seat and the main reference point for local services. The municipality also contains Strehovci and Žitkovci. These are settlements rather than separate timekeeping areas, and all three observe identical civil time.
Searches for the “largest cities” in the municipality can be misleading because this is a small municipality whose populated places are not a collection of large cities. For practical planning, use Dobrovnik as the central location and check Strehovci or Žitkovci when an address specifically names either settlement.
The municipality is in the part of Slovenia where Slovene and Hungarian cultural influences meet. Language or place-name variations do not affect the clock: an appointment stated in local time means the same instant anywhere inside the municipal boundary.
Sunrise and daylight in Dobrovnik
Sunrise is not a fixed clock time. It shifts through the year as daylight length changes, and daylight-saving time changes how the event appears on the clock. A later displayed sunrise after a clock change does not mean the Sun’s motion suddenly altered.
Confirm the date, because sunrise differs from one day to the next. Use Dobrovnik or the exact settlement as the location. Check whether the result is labelled CET or CEST. Allow for terrain, buildings, and trees if visible sunrise matters.
An astronomical sunrise calculation describes the Sun reaching the horizon under standard assumptions. The first direct sunlight at a particular house, field, or road may occur later because the real horizon is obstructed. Civil twilight begins before sunrise and can already provide useful outdoor light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Municipality of Dobrovnik in?
- It uses CET in standard time and CEST during daylight saving, following the same rules as the rest of Slovenia.
- Do Strehovci and Žitkovci have a different time?
- No. Dobrovnik, Strehovci, and Žitkovci share one local time.
- Why does the sunrise time move?
- It changes with the season, the selected date, and the daylight-saving status shown by the clock.