UTC+02:00 explained

UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00.^{[1] [2]}

As standard time (year-round)

Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Khartoum, Lubumbashi, Kigali, Gaborone, Bujumbura, Manzini, Maseru, Tripoli, Lilongwe, Maputo, Windhoek, Omdurman, Juba, Lusaka, Harare, Kaliningrad^[3]

Africa

• Egypt

Central Africa

• Botswana^[4]
• Burundi^[5]
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Haut-Uele, Kasaï, Kasaï Occidental, Kasaï Oriental, Katanga, Lomani, Lualaba, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sankuru, Sud-Kivu, Tanganyika, Tshopo, and Ituri Interim Administration^[6]
• Eswatini^[7]
• Lesotho^[8]
• Libya^[9]
• Malawi^[10]
• Mozambique^[11]
• Namibia^[12]
• Rwanda^[13]
• South Africa (except Prince Edward Islands)^[14]
• South Sudan^[15]
• Sudan^[16]
• Zambia^[17]
• Zimbabwe^[18]

Europe

See main article: Kaliningrad Time.

• Russia
  • Northwestern Federal District
    • Kaliningrad Oblast^[19]

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter only)

See main article: Eastern European Time, Israel Standard Time and Time in Syria. Principal cities: Athens, Thessaloniki, Nicosia, North Nicosia, Helsinki, Turku, Mariehamn, Kyiv, Bucharest, Jerusalem, Tallinn, Sofia, Riga, Vilnius, Chișinău, Tiraspol, Lviv, Dnipro, Luhansk, Donetsk, Odesa, Kaunas, Klaipėda^[20]

Europe

Eastern Europe

Most countries observe European Union rule to remove DST.^[21]

• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Northern Cyprus
• Estonia
• Finland
  • Åland
• Greece
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Romania
• Ukraine
  • Except Crimea (occupied by Russia), part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
• United Kingdom
  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Asia

Middle East

Principal cities: Jerusalem, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Bethlehem

• Israel
• Lebanon
• Palestine

As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)

Europe

See main article: Central European Summer Time. Principal cities: Berlin, 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, Andorra, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Luxembourg, Valletta, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague, Zagreb, Budapest, Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica, Skopje, Belgrade, Bratislava, Ljubljana^[22]

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory)
• Hungary
• Italy
• Kosovo
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
• Poland
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain^[23] (Excluding Canary Islands)
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Vatican City

Discrepancies between official UTC+02:00 and geographical UTC+02:00

Areas in UTC+02:00 longitudes using other time zones

Using :

• Tanzania
  • The western part, including Mwanza and Mbeya
• Uganda
• Kenya
  • The western part, including nation's capital Nairobi
• Ethiopia
  • The western part, including Nekemte and Jimma
• Saudi Arabia
  • The northwesternmost part, including Tabuk
• Turkey
  • Most part in the country, including Istanbul
• Ukraine
  • Part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
• Belarus
• Russia
  • The western part, including Saint Petersburg, half of Moscow and Crimea

Using :

• North Macedonia (standard time)
  • The easternmost part, including Novo Selo and Berovo
• Serbia (standard time)
  • The very easternmost part, including Pirot
• Hungary (standard time)
  • The northeasternmost part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Slovakia (standard time)
  • The easternmost part of Prešov Region
• Poland (standard time)
  • The easternmost part, including Białystok
• Norway (standard time)
  • Most part of Finnmark
  • The easternmost part of Svalbard
• Chad
  • The westernmost part of Ennedi-Est, including Amdjarass
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The easternmost part of its provinces:
    • Nord-Ubangi
    • Mongala
    • Tshuapa
    • Kasaï Province
• Angola
  • The westernmost part of Moxico Province
• Central African Republic
  • Haut-Mbomou
  • The western part of its prefectures:
    • Mbomou
    • Haute-Kotto
    • Vakaga

Areas outside UTC+02:00 longitudes using UTC+02:00 time

Areas between 7°30' E and 22°30' E ("physical" UTC+01:00)

From south to north:

• South Africa
  • The westernmost part, including Cape Town
• Botswana
  • The western part of the districts:
    • Kgalagadi
    • Ghanzi
    • Ngamiland
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • • The very westernmost part of Lualaba Province, Kasaï-Central and Sankuru Libya
  • The most part in the country, where the nation's capital Tripoli is
• Greece (standard time)
  • The western part, including Patras and Ioanina
• Romania (standard time)
  • The westernmost part, including Timişoara
• Russia
  • Kaliningrad Oblast
• Lithuania (standard time)
  • The westernmost part, including Klaipėda
• Latvia (standard time)
  • The westernmost part, including Liepāja
• Estonia (standard time)
  • The westernmost parts of the Saare and Hiiu counties.
• Finland (standard time)
  • The westernmost part, including Turku

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISO 8601 Date and time format. ISO. en. 2019-04-18.
2. Web site: Date and Time Formats. Wolf. Misha. Wicksteed. Charles. W3C . en. 2019-04-18.
3. Web site: Africa/Khartoum: Time Zone in Sudan, Current local time. Time Difference. en. 2019-04-18.
4. Web site: Current Local Time in Gaborone, Botswana. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
5. Web site: Time in Bujumbura, Burundi. 24timezones.com. en-us. 2019-04-18.
6. Web site: Current Local Time in Cairo, Egypt. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
7. Web site: Current Local Time in Mbabane, eSwatini. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
8. Web site: Current Local Time in Maseru, Lesotho. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
9. Web site: Time Zone & Clock Changes in Tripoli, Libya. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
10. Web site: Malawi Fact File. www.destination-malawi.com. 2019-04-18.
11. Web site: Flag of Mozambique image and meaning Mozambique flag. country flags. en. 2019-04-18.
12. Web site: Time in Namibia: What is the current local time now in Namibia?. greenwichmeantime.com. en. 2019-04-18.
13. Web site: Rwanda Time Zone - Rwanda Current Time. www.timetemperature.com. 2019-04-18.
14. Web site: South Africa Standard Time Zone - SAST. 2015-12-09. WorldTimeServer.com. en. 2019-04-18.
15. Web site: Time on Juba, South Sudan . 2020-02-01 . timeanddate.com . en-us.
16. Web site: Current Local Time in Khartoum, Sudan. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
17. Web site: Zambia, Africa: Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Difference. Time Difference. en. 2019-04-18.
18. Web site: Time in Harare, Zimbabwe. 24timezones.com. en-us. 2019-04-18.
19. Web site: Current Local Time in Kaliningrad, Russia. www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
20. Web site: Europe/Kyiv: Time Zone in Ukraine, Current local time. Time Difference. en. 2019-04-18.
21. Web site: EET – Eastern European Time (Time Zone Abbreviation). www.timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
22. Web site: CEST – Central European Summer Time (Time Zone Abbreviation). timeanddate.com. en. 2019-04-18.
23. Web site: Europe Time Zone Map. WorldTimeZone.com. 21 April 2014.