UTC+01:00
Identifier for a time offset

UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. It indicates a point of time meaning Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus one hour. It is synonymous with Central European Time (CET).
This time is used in:
01Central European Time (Northern Hemisphere winter)
Principal cities: Berlin, Budapest, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dortmund, Essen, Bremen, Hanover, Mainz, Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence, Palermo, Turin, Genoa, Vatican City, San Marino, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Lille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice, Monaco, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga, Bilbao, A Coruña, Granada, Andorra, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zürich, Geneva, Bern, Bellinzona, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Luxembourg, Valletta, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague, Zagreb, Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica, Skopje, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Vaduz, Schaan, Serravalle, Dogana, Monte Carlo, Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Westside, St. Paul's Bay, Malmö.
Europe
Central Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France (Metropolitan)
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Svalbard (including Bear Island)
- Jan Mayen
- Poland
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain (continental territory including Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, and excluding Canary Islands, which observe UTC+1 during summer)
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
Antarctica
- Norway

02Western European Summer Time (Northern Hemisphere summer)
Principal cities: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow, Cardiff, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Tórshavn
Europe
Western Europe
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Portugal (Including Madeira and excluding Azores islands)
- United Kingdom (Great Britain), (GMT / BST) (Including Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey)
- Channel Islands (Crown Dependencies)
- Some small islands Channel Islands or Crown Dependencies
- Brecqhou
- Jethou
- Lihou
- Écréhous
- Minquiers
- Les Dirouilles
- Pierres de Lecq
- Casquets
- Renonquet
- Caquorobert
- Crevichon
- Grande Amfroque
- Les Houmets
Atlantic Ocean
- Portugal
- Spain
- Canary Islands (the rest of Spain observes UTC+1 during winter)
03As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Lagos, Abuja, Kinshasa, Algiers, Tunis, Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Marrakesh, Yaoundé, Fez, Douala, Malabo, Bata, Libreville, Niamey, Tangier, N'Djamena, Bangui, Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Luanda, Laayoune
Africa
West Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- The provinces of Bandundu, Équateur, Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi and Tshuapa
- Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Morocco
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Tunisia
![Time in Africa Light Blue Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) Red Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)[b] Yellow Central Africa Time Eastern European Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2) Ochre Egypt Standard Time (UTC+2) Egypt Summer Time (UTC+3) Green East Africa Time (UTC+3) Turquoise Mauritius Time[d] Seychelles Time[d] (UTC+4) a The islands of Cape Verde are west of the African mainland. b In September 2026, Morocco will switch permanently to Greenwich Mean Time. d Mauritius and the Seychelles are east and northeast of Madagascar, respectively.](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TimeZones-Africa.svg/960px-TimeZones-Africa.svg.png)
04Discrepancies between official UTC+01:00 and geographical UTC+01:00
Areas in UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+02:00
From south to north:
- South Africa
- The westernmost part, including Cape Town
- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The very westernmost part of Lualaba Province, Kasaï-Central and Sankuru
- Libya
- The most part in the country, including nation's capital Tripoli
- Greece (standard time)
- Romania (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Timișoara
- Russia
- Lithuania (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Klaipėda
- Latvia (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Liepāja
- Estonia (standard time)
- Finland (standard time)
- The westernmost part, including Turku
Areas outside UTC+01:00 longitudes using UTC+01:00 time
Areas between meridians 7°30'W and 7°30'E ("physical" UTC+00:00)
All of:
- Andorra
- Belgium
- Gibraltar
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Benin
Most of:
- Spain, excluding Canary Islands (which use UTC) and westernmost part of the mainland (see below)
- France (with exception of small parts of Alsace, Lorraine and Provence are east of 7°30'E)
- Algeria, including Algiers
Parts of:
- Equatorial Guinea (Annobón Island only)
- Morocco (northeastern part)
- Niger (western part)
- Nigeria (western part)
- Germany (The very westernmost part)
- Switzerland (westernmost part)
- Italy (The very northwesternmost part)
- Norway (Bouvet Island and southwesternmost part)
Areas between meridians 22°30'W and 7°30'W ("physical" UTC−01:00)
- Spain
- Parts of Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia
- Norway
- Jan Mayen
- Morocco
- Southwestern part, including Casablanca
- Western Sahara
- Most part in the territory (occupied by Morocco, excluding claimed by Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic which use UTC+00:00)
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “UTC+01:00”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- UTC+0100 - 2021.svg by Theklan, CC0
- Time zones of Europe, incl. Transcaucasia.svg by Giorgi Balakhadze, CC BY-SA 4.0
- TimeZones-Africa.svg by duxkgh, CC BY-SA 4.0
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