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Jura, Switzerland

Jura follows Swiss time: Central European Time during the standard-time season and Central European Summer Time during daylight saving. Sunrise moves through the year and differs slightly among the canton’s towns and uplands.

Delemont, Switzerland

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich

Time and sun data for Delemont — the largest city of Jura

The sun in Delemont

Sunrise 06:54 Solar noon 13:31 Sunset 20:08 Daylight 13 h 14 min Night 10 h 46 min Civil twilight 06:23 – 20:40

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Current time in Jura, Switzerland

The current time in Delémont also applies throughout the canton of Jura. Residents and visitors do not reset their clocks when traveling among its districts, municipalities, valleys, or plateaus. Under CET, Jura is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Under CEST, it is two hours ahead. The latter is used when Switzerland observes daylight saving. This seasonal distinction is important for converting a local appointment into another country’s time.

Jura normally shares its civil hour with neighboring Swiss cantons and nearby France. International callers should nevertheless verify both locations for the requested date, since clock rules elsewhere are not universal.

The Jura landscape may encourage an unhurried pace, but the time zone remains perfectly punctual.

Standard time and daylight saving

Europe/Zurich is the correct database time zone for Jura. It automatically represents the nationally observed offset and seasonal transitions. An event stored with this named zone is safer than one attached permanently to UTC+1, especially if it recurs across seasons.

CET is the abbreviation for standard time. CEST is the abbreviation used during daylight saving. The canton has no internal time-zone divisions. A clock change affects all local public and private schedules.

When communicating a time internationally, identify it as local time in Jura or Switzerland and add the date. Abbreviations alone can be misunderstood, while a place-based time zone gives scheduling software enough information to perform the conversion.

Main places in the canton

Delémont is Jura’s capital and principal urban center. Porrentruy is another important town. Haute-Sorne and Courroux are among the canton’s other substantial municipalities, while smaller communities form a dispersed settlement pattern across the region.

Civil time remains uniform from one end of Jura to the other. Astronomical events are not absolutely simultaneous, because longitude and latitude vary. The resulting difference within the canton is generally small for an ordinary diary, though an exact sunrise lookup should use the nearest available locality.

The landscape also changes the visible morning. Wooded ridges, folded terrain, buildings, and the direction of a slope can prevent an observer from seeing the Sun at the calculated horizon time.

Planning around sunrise

Sunrise occurs earlier during the brighter season and later through the darker part of the year. Daylight length changes continuously, even though the civil clock changes abruptly when Switzerland moves between CET and CEST.

Enter the exact date, because sunrise is not a fixed daily hour. Choose Delémont, Porrentruy, or the nearest available municipality. Consider twilight if the activity can begin in indirect light. Check terrain and weather before relying on visible sunshine.

An official sunrise calculation assumes a standardized astronomical horizon. It does not mean that every hillside, forest road, or town square becomes sunlit at that instant. Dawn can provide light beforehand, while local obstruction may delay direct sun afterward.

Questions and answers
Is Jura in the same time zone as Geneva?
Yes. Both cantons follow CET and CEST on the Swiss schedule.
Should I use a permanent UTC offset for Jura?
No for year-round planning. Europe/Zurich handles the seasonal offset correctly.
Does sunrise occur at one exact time across the canton?
No. Coordinates create slight differences, and the local landscape affects when the Sun becomes visible.

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