Sofia
Bulgaria
- City
- Sofia
- Country
- BG
- Coordinates
- 42.69751, 23.32415
- Population
- 1.2M
- Timezone
- Europe/Sofia
- Named Offset
- --
- Offset
- --
- Observes DST
- Yes
Sofia is a city in Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, with a population of 1.2 million people.
Europe/Sofia is the time zone used in Sofia. The local time is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. This offset is also called -- (--).
Sofia does observe daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time
- Mar 31, 202403:00->04:00Sunday, March 31, 2024, the clock was set forwards by 1 hour, from 03:00 AM GMT+2 to 04:00 AM GMT+3. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later than the previous day.
- Oct 27, 202404:00->03:00Sunday, October 27, 2024, the clock was set backwards by 1 hour, from 04:00 AM GMT+3 to 03:00 AM GMT+2. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than the previous day.
- Mar 30, 202503:00->04:00Sunday, March 30, 2025, the clock will be set forwards by 1 hour, from 03:00 AM GMT+2 to 04:00 AM GMT+3. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later than the previous day.
- Oct 26, 202504:00->03:00Sunday, October 26, 2025, the clock will be set backwards by 1 hour, from 04:00 AM GMT+3 to 03:00 AM GMT+2. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than the previous day.
Sunlight in Sofia
7:49 AM
Sunrise
4:54 PM
Sunset
9h 05m
Length of day
2024 Holidays in Sofia
- Jan 1
- New Year's Day
- Mar 3
- Liberation Day
- May 1
- Labour Day
- May 3
- Good Friday
- May 5
- Easter Sunday
- May 6
- St. George's Day
- May 6
- Easter Monday
- May 24
- Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
- Sep 6
- Unification Day
- Sep 22
- Independence Day
- Nov 1
- Revival Leaders' Day
- Dec 24
- Christmas Eve
- Dec 25
- Christmas Day