Current time in Lugano
Current time
Europe/Zurich · CEST (UTC+02:00)
Neighbouring days
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Sunrise and sunset
- Sunrise
- 07:08
- Sunset
- 19:26
- Solar noon
- 13:17
- Daylight
- 12 h 18 min
- Night
- 11 h 42 min
The local date has changed — reload the page for the new sunrise and sunset.
Today and the next four days
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:08 | 19:26 | 12 h 18 min | ||
| 07:09 | 19:24 | 12 h 15 min | -3 min 13 s | |
| 07:11 | 19:22 | 12 h 11 min | -3 min 14 s | |
| 07:12 | 19:20 | 12 h 8 min | -3 min 13 s | |
| 07:13 | 19:18 | 12 h 5 min | -3 min 14 s |
Twilight
| Kind | Begins (morning) | Ends (evening) |
|---|---|---|
| Civil twilight (daylight begins / ends) | 06:38 | 19:56 |
| Nautical twilight | 06:03 | 20:31 |
| Astronomical twilight | 05:27 | 21:07 |
Civil twilight is the period when the sun is within 6 degrees below the horizon — bright enough to see outdoors without lights, and what people usually mean by “it gets light” and “it gets dark”. Nautical uses 12 degrees and astronomical 18 degrees. At high latitudes a band can be absent for a whole day, in which case the row is left blank.
Longest and shortest days in 2026
- Longest day
- 15 h 45 min (21 June 2026)
- Shortest day
- 8 h 38 min (21 December 2026)
Computed from the coordinates of Lugano: 46.01008, 8.96004.
Sunrise and sunset are the moments when the centre of the sun is 50 arcminutes below the horizon, which accounts for atmospheric refraction and the sun’s apparent radius — the same convention as common astronomical almanacs. Daylight is sunset minus sunrise; night is taken as 24 hours minus daylight. Elevation, terrain and local weather are not included, so observed times can differ by a minute or two.
Zone details
| Country / region | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Administrative division | Ticino |
| IANA time zone | Europe/Zurich |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+02:00 |
| Zone abbreviation | CEST |
| Population | 63,000 |
| Latitude / longitude | 46.0100800, 8.9600400 |
Daylight saving
Lugano is currently on daylight saving time.
Daylight saving ends next on 2026-10-25 — local clocks go back from 2026-10-25 02:59 to 2026-10-25 02:00.
Zone changes in 2026 and 2027
| Local moment | Kind | Offset change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 03:00 | Daylight saving starts | UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00 |
| 2026-10-25 02:00 | Daylight saving ends | UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00 |
| 2027-03-28 03:00 | Daylight saving starts | UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00 |
| 2027-10-31 02:00 | Daylight saving ends | UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00 |
Changeover times come from IANA time zone database 2026.4 and follow its updates.
This moment in other formats
| Unix timestamp | 1789932996 |
|---|---|
| ISO 8601 | 2026-09-20T21:36:36+02:00 |
| ISO week | 2026-W38 |
| Day of the year | day 263 of 365 |
| Days left this year | 102 days |
These values update with the clock above and use the local date in Lugano.
Difference from a reference city
Lugano is 1 hours ahead of London.
Both places are on the same date right now.
Working-hours overlap with London
About 8 h of overlap each day.
- Lugano 10:00–18:00 matches London 09:00–17:00
Working hours are taken as 09:00–18:00 local on each side, using the offsets for today.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Lugano. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Lugano (source) | London (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 23:00 prev day |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
Other cities in Switzerland
- Bern 21:36
- Zürich 21:36
- Genève 21:36
- Basel 21:36
- Lausanne 21:36
- Winterthur 21:36
- Luzern 21:36
- Sankt Gallen 21:36
- Zürich (Kreis 11) 21:36
- Thun 21:36
- La Chaux-de-Fonds 21:36
- Rapperswil 21:36
Cities also on Europe/Zurich
- Zürich 21:36
- Genève 21:36
- Basel 21:36
- Lausanne 21:36
- Bern 21:36
- Winterthur 21:36
- Luzern 21:36
- Sankt Gallen 21:36
How to use this page
The top of the page shows the current date and time in Lugano, ticking in the Europe/Zurich zone. To convert a specific moment to another city, use the comparison link below, where you can enter a date and time.
How the time is calculated
Lugano is bound to the IANA identifier Europe/Zurich. The server resolves the UTC offset and daylight saving state for the requested moment and renders the first view; the browser then keeps time in the same zone and re-syncs when the tab comes back to the foreground. No fixed offset stands in for the zone, and no zone is guessed from the city name.
FAQ
- Which time zone is Lugano in?
- Lugano uses the IANA identifier Europe/Zurich, currently UTC+02:00. The same identifier can have different offsets on different dates; the value above is for the current moment.
- Does Lugano observe daylight saving time?
- The daylight saving section above answers this from the IANA database: cities that do not observe it show no changeover text, and cities that do show the current state and the next local changeover time.
- What time are sunrise and sunset in Lugano today?
- The sunrise and sunset section above gives today’s sunrise, sunset and solar noon along with the length of daylight and night, plus how they change over the next four days. Times are computed from the coordinates of Lugano in the Europe/Zurich zone; at high latitudes sunrise or sunset can fall on the adjacent date, which the page marks explicitly.
- How many hours is Lugano from London?
- Calculated for the current moment: Lugano is 1 hours ahead of London. The section above also shows each side’s local date at that same instant. Because the two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, the gap changes during the year — use the fixed-date mode in the comparison tool for another date.
- Can a cached page show the wrong time?
- No. The first render uses server time as a starting value, and as soon as the page loads the browser recomputes the current moment for Europe/Zurich and takes over the clock, so a cache hit still shows the time at which you opened it.