Albania
Time now in Albania
Sunrise 05:55Sunset 07:31Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Europe/Tirane
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
2,866,376
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
07:31
Day length
13h 36m
Coordinates
41.00, 20.00
Time difference from Albania
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Albania right now.
Albania on the map
About the time in Albania
The zone identifier Europe/Tirane is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Europe/Tirane keeps pointing at Tirane time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Albania runs on Europe/Tirane, which puts the city UTC +2 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Albania is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +2 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Albania
- When do the sun rise and set in Albania today?
- Sunrise is at 05:55 and sunset at 07:31, giving 13h 36m of daylight.
- What time is it in Albania right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Albania, updating every second from Europe/Tirane (UTC +2).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Albania?
- Albania is UTC +2 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Albania in?
- Albania uses Europe/Tirane, currently UTC +2.
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