Municipality of Žirovnica, Slovenia
Municipality of Žirovnica uses Slovenia’s national time: Central European Time in winter and Central European Summer Time during daylight saving. Sunrise and sunset shift throughout the year, so the local clock and daylight schedule should be checked for the required date.
Breg, Slovenia
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Ljubljana
Time and sun data for Breg — the largest city of Municipality of Žirovnica
The sun in Breg
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:50 PM Sunset 6:19 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:50 PM
Slovenia · 11 cities
Largest cities
- Breg 670
- Moste 619
- Zirovnica 601
- Smokuc 527
- Zabreznica 507
- Breznica 470
- Selo Pri Zirovnici 296
- Vrba 203
- Doslovce 124
- Potoki 113
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Current time in Municipality of Žirovnica, Slovenia
The municipality follows the same clock as Ljubljana and the rest of Slovenia. Standard time is CET, corresponding to UTC+1. During the daylight-saving period, clocks use CEST, corresponding to UTC+2. There is no separate municipal time zone and no time difference between Žirovnica and other Slovenian regions.
A displayed current time must account for whether daylight saving is active. This matters when arranging a call, booking accommodation, planning a journey, or recording an event across borders. Rather than applying a fixed UTC offset throughout the year, use the local Europe/Ljubljana time-zone setting on a phone, computer, calendar, or scheduling service.
For an appointment in Žirovnica, trust the named local time zone more than a manually remembered offset.
Žirovnica and its principal settlements
Municipality of Žirovnica lies in northwestern Slovenia, in the Upper Carniola area. Its administrative centre is Breznica. Žirovnica itself is one of several closely connected settlements beneath the Karawanks, so visitors should not assume that the municipality and its centre share the same name.
Important settlements within the municipality include: Breznica, the municipal centre; Žirovnica, which gives the municipality its name; Vrba, known as a village within the municipality; Doslovče and Rodine;
Moste and Breg. These places all observe identical civil time. Travelling between them never requires changing a watch, although a precise place name still matters for navigation and calculating local sunrise.
Sunrise, sunset, and planning the day
Sunrise is not a fixed clock time. It changes with the date, the municipality’s latitude, the seasonal clock change, and the exact observation point. Summer brings earlier sunrises and longer evenings, while winter brings later dawn and shorter daylight. Mountain ridges can also delay the moment when direct sunlight becomes visible from a particular street or valley location.
For a useful daylight plan, check the forecast and astronomical times for the chosen date and nearest settlement. The listed sunrise normally describes when the Sun crosses the mathematical horizon; it does not guarantee that sunshine will clear nearby terrain at that instant.
Select the exact calendar date. Use Žirovnica, Breznica, or accurate coordinates as the location. Confirm that the result is expressed in local Slovenian time. Allow for terrain, cloud, and travel time before an outdoor activity.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Municipality of Žirovnica use?
- It uses CET during standard time and CEST while daylight saving is in effect.
- Is Žirovnica in a different time zone from Ljubljana?
- No. The municipality and Ljubljana follow the same Slovenian clock throughout the year.
- Why can visible sunrise differ from the published time?
- Published sunrise uses an ideal horizon, whereas mountains, buildings, weather, and the observer’s exact position affect when the Sun is actually seen.