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Time.is

Time in Leiden, Netherlands now

22:26:42

Monday, March 30, 2026, week 14

Leiden switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:21 ↓ 20:12 (12h 51m) - More info - Make Leiden time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Leiden

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Leiden is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Leiden can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Leiden is Europe/Amsterdam.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Leiden

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Leiden

Sunrise: 07:21
Sunset: 20:12
Day length: 12h 51m
Solar noon: 13:46
The current local time in Leiden is 106 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Leiden on the map

Location: Netherlands
Latitude: 52.16. Longitude: 4.49
Population: 120,000

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