GMT+1 Time Zone Countries list - UTC+1 Time Now

UTC+1 time now

Add one hour to UTC. For roughly half the year this is central Europe's standard time; for the other half it is Britain's summer time, and central Europe has moved on to UTC+2. The offset never changes — the countries on it do.

Countries and cities on UTC+1

The European contingent is large and, in winter, almost continuous from the Atlantic to the Polish border. France — Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, in winter. Germany — Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt, in winter.

Spain — Madrid and Barcelona in winter; the Canary Islands sit an hour behind. Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czechia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Hungary — Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Zürich, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Budapest, all on this offset in winter.

United Kingdom and Ireland — London and Dublin during their summer time. Nigeria — Lagos and Abuja, year-round. Algeria and Tunisia — Algiers and Tunis, year-round. Morocco — Casablanca, year-round except during Ramadan.

Democratic Republic of the Congo — Kinshasa, in the country's western zone. Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Gabon — Luanda, Yaoundé, N'Djamena, Niamey, Brazzaville and Libreville, without seasonal change.

Daylight saving and the twice-yearly reshuffle

The European Union countries on UTC+1 move to UTC+2 in spring and back in autumn, all on the same dates. Because the change is coordinated across the bloc, the internal gaps between Paris, Berlin, Rome and Warsaw never move — they are all zero, in both seasons.

The gaps that do move are the ones crossing out of Europe. Lagos, Algiers and Kinshasa stay on UTC+1 permanently, so for the European summer they are an hour behind Paris rather than level with it. Anyone running a standing meeting between Frankfurt and Lagos discovers this twice a year.

The British Isles are the mirror case: London joins UTC+1 exactly when central Europe leaves it, so the one-hour gap between London and Paris survives the change intact. The whole continent moves its clocks on the same night so the gaps between its cities stay still. It works beautifully, right up to the moment you call someone outside it.

Named zones you will see for this offset

CET — Central European Time, the winter standard from Madrid to Warsaw. BST — British Summer Time, the UK's summer position on this offset. IST — Irish Standard Time, Ireland's summer position. Not to be confused with India's IST.

WAT — West Africa Time, permanent across Nigeria, Cameroon and their neighbours. Four names, one offset. When precision matters, write the offset alongside the abbreviation.