Time in Ukraine

On 16 July 2024, the Ukrainian parliament voted to cease observing daylight saving time.

[1] The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, however, did not plan to sign it.

[2] The territory of Ukraine in Europe stretches 17°57' along a longitude or about 1.2 hours.

Daylight saving time in Ukraine was introduced in the early 1980s.

[3][4] On 20 September 2011, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) canceled the return from Eastern European Summer Time to Eastern European Time.

Time in Europe :
Light Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC )
Blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC )
Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time ( UTC+1 )
Red Central European Time ( UTC+1 )
Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 )
Yellow Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time ( UTC+2 )
Ochre Eastern European Time ( UTC+2 )
Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+3 )
Green Moscow Time / Turkey Time ( UTC+3 )
Turquoise Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time ( UTC+4 )
▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ Pale colours: Standard time observed all year
▉ ▉ ▉ Dark colours: Summer time observed
This map shows the difference between legal time and local mean time in Europe during the winter. Most of Western Europe and western part of European Russia are significantly ahead of local solar time.
Color Legal time vs local mean time
1 h ± 30 m behind
0 h ± 30 m
1 h ± 30 m ahead
2 h ± 30 m ahead