Current time in Skopje, North Macedonia
Central European Time
UTC+02:00- Time zone
- Central European Time · Europe/Skopje
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 CEST
- Abbreviation
- CET / CEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 02:00, back the last Sunday in October at 03:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00 (CEST → CET).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Grad Skopje, North Macedonia (capital) · 42.00° N, 21.43° E
- Population
- 474,889
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Skopje at about 11:34 standard time: the clock runs about 26 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:18 and 12:41 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:37 | 17:46 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:58 | 20:13 | 15h 15m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:22 | 18:30 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:58 | 16:05 | 9h 07m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:28–18:19 (11 h 51 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.