Convert WET to EET Western European Time ↔ Eastern European Time Free Online Secure
Type a time in WET and read it in EET straight away. The offset is +2 h, the arithmetic wraps at midnight, and the answer says which day it lands on.
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Through the day — Convert WET to EET (Western European Time ↔ Eastern European Time)
| WET | EET |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 |
| 03:00 | 05:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 |
| 09:00 | 11:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 |
Where these units come from
Until the middle of the nineteenth century every town kept its own noon, set by the sun overhead, and nobody minded that the next town was four minutes behind. Railways ended that: a timetable cannot be written for a hundred local noons. Britain put its railways on Greenwich time in 1847, and in 1884 the International Meridian Conference in Washington chose Greenwich as the prime meridian and sketched the twenty-four-hour scheme we still use. Greenwich Mean Time was the world's reference until 1972, when Coordinated Universal Time replaced it: UTC is kept by atomic clocks and tied back to the turning Earth by leap seconds. The abbreviations on this page name standard time — the winter setting — which is why each one is a fixed number of hours rather than something that drifts through the year.
Where you meet them
A time zone becomes real the moment two people in different places have to agree on one moment: a call between offices, a flight that lands before it took off, a market that opens while you are asleep, a deadline written in somebody else's afternoon. Server logs, train and flight schedules and anything stamped with a time are kept in UTC precisely so that the question can always be settled, no matter whose clock was on the wall.
Questions people ask
What about summer time?
The offsets here are standard-time offsets, the ones a zone keeps in winter. Where summer time is observed, the same places move one hour further on for part of the year and take a different name: Central European Time becomes Central European Summer Time, Eastern Standard Time becomes Eastern Daylight Time. The switching dates are not the same in every country, and the two hemispheres change in opposite months, so for a date inside a summer-time period add an hour to whichever side observes it.
Why isn't every difference a whole number of hours?
Because offsets are decided by governments, not by geometry. India is half an hour off the hour, at UTC+05:30; Nepal is three quarters, at UTC+05:45; the Chatham Islands are at UTC+12:45. Any of these can be changed by law, and several countries have moved their offset within living memory.
Is the answer exact?
Where both units are defined in terms of one another by whole numbers, yes — the page says so above the figure, and the only rounding is in how many digits are shown. Where the ratio has no finite decimal, the page shows twelve significant digits and says the relation is approximate rather than pretending otherwise.
Does anything I type leave my device?
No. The arithmetic runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no server to upload it to. Load the page once and it keeps working with the network switched off.
Saturday Premier League, watched from Bucharest
A top-flight English match kicks off on Saturday at 12:30. The candlelit procession at Fatima peaks at 22:00. The St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin steps off at 12:00. A viewer in Bucharest, Athens, Sofia or Helsinki who wants those moments on a local dial will convert WET to EET, and on standard time the rule is: put two hours on. 12:30 WET reads 14:30 EET, 22:00 WET reads 00:00 EET the following day, and 12:00 WET reads 14:00 EET. The gap of two hours is permanent, since Western and Eastern Europe change their clocks at one and the same moment, 01:00 UTC on the last Sundays of March and October.
The rest of the page covers the rule, the lookup tables and a profile of each zone, then scenes from football, pilgrimages, public holidays and the lives of Romanians who moved to Britain and Portugal. All sums are done in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
Premier League on Romanian screens
The Saturday lunchtime match
A game that kicks off at 12:30 WET kicks off at 14:30 EET. Fans in Romania watch it live in the first part of the afternoon.
The evening match
A game at 20:00 WET is at 22:00 EET and ends toward midnight. A “convert WET to EET” calculation made beforehand shows why the British evening broadcast falls late at night on the Romanian clock.
The pilgrimage at Fátima
The candle procession
The candle procession on the evening of 12 to 13 May begins at 21:30 WEST, which is 23:30 EEST. Virtual pilgrims in Romania follow it live, late in the evening.
The next day’s Mass
The main Mass, at 10:00 WEST, is at 12:00 EEST. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows at once that in Romania it falls at midday.
St Patrick’s Day in Dublin
The parade
The 17 March parade sets off at 12:00 local time, which is 12:00 GMT, because Ireland goes onto summer time only on 29 March. In Romania it is 14:00 EET.
The party evening
Concerts at 20:00 GMT are at 22:00 EET. Whoever does a “convert WET to EET” calculation with the date in view mixes up neither the hour nor the day.
London’s New Year seen two hours away
The midnight fireworks
The fireworks on the Thames at 00:00 GMT are at 02:00 EET on the morning of 1 January. Romanians watch them two hours after celebrating their own New Year.
The evening programme
The concert at 22:00 GMT is at 00:00 EET. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows at once that it runs past the Romanian midnight.
Romanians in Britain
The evening calls
A Romanian in London phones home at 20:00 GMT, which means 22:00 EET in Romania. The family receives the call before bedtime.
The morning calls
A call at 07:00 GMT arrives at 09:00 EET, at the start of the working day. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows why calls are made in the evening, not the morning.
Flights between London and Bucharest
The morning flight
A flight from London to Bucharest that leaves at 07:00 WET and takes nearly three hours lands at 10:00 WET, which is 12:00 EET. The ticket shows 07:00 and 12:00, as for a flight of five hours.
The return flight
A flight from Bucharest at 13:00 EET lands in London at 14:00 WET. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows that it seems to last an hour, although it takes three.
Festa da Flor in Madeira
The flower parade
The Sunday parade sets off at 15:00 WEST, which is 17:00 EEST. Romanians watch live toward the end of the afternoon.
The festive evening
The evening concert, from 21:00 WEST, is at 23:00 EEST. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows at once that it falls late in the evening on the Romanian clock.
How to convert WET to EET, step by step
Add two hours
WET is UTC+0 and EET is UTC+2. Eastern Europe is two hours ahead of London, Dublin and Lisbon. Take the British time on a 24-hour clock and add 2.
Correct the date
If the total passes 24:00, subtract 24 and go to the next day. That happens for every time from 22:00 onward: 22:30 WET is 00:30 EET tomorrow.
Eight values to check
00:30 WET is 02:30 EET. 03:15 WET is 05:15 EET. 07:00 WET is 09:00 EET. 10:45 WET is 12:45 EET. 14:00 WET is 16:00 EET. 18:30 WET is 20:30 EET. 21:15 WET is 23:15 EET. 22:30 WET is 00:30 EET the next day.
Britain, Ireland and Portugal on the dial
The WET family
Mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canaries and the Faroes read UTC+0 as WET. Britain and Ireland read the same offset as GMT. Every one of them moves forward an hour in summer.
Iceland and the Azores
Iceland never changes its clocks, which puts it two hours behind Eastern Europe in winter and three in summer. The Azores trail by three hours throughout the year, on UTC-1 in winter and UTC+0 in summer.
Eastern Europe on the dial
The EET countries
Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Finland, the Baltic states, Ukraine and Moldova read UTC+2 (EET) in winter and UTC+3 (EEST) in summer.
Egypt's own calendar
Egypt is on EET but picks its own summer dates. Compared with London the gap is two hours in winter, only one hour from 29 March to 23 April (London already on BST), and three hours from 25 to 29 October.
Two hours between two offices
Where the working days overlap
London staff on a 09:00-17:00 schedule are at their desks from 11:00 to 19:00 on Romanian clocks, while Bucharest staff on the same schedule keep 07:00-15:00 London time. They share six hours, between 09:00 and 15:00 WET.
Which calls work
Phoning from London at 08:00 WET rings in Romania at 10:00 EET. Phoning at 16:00 WET rings at 18:00 EET, close to closing time.
From the Atlantic to the Danube
A plane leaving Lisbon for Bucharest at 06:00 WET and flying for nearly four hours lands at 10:00 WET, which is 12:00 EET. The boarding pass reads 06:00 and 12:00, as for a flight of six hours.
One London hour on six Thursdays
Early January
Thursday 8 January: 10:00 GMT equals 12:00 EET, with both zones on winter time.
Either side of the March change
Thursday 26 March: 10:00 GMT equals 12:00 EET. Both blocs advance their clocks on Sunday 29 March at 01:00 UTC, so Thursday 2 April gives 10:00 BST against 12:00 EEST. The gap stays at two hours.
Mid-July
Thursday 16 July: 10:00 BST equals 12:00 EEST, with both zones on summer time.
After the autumn change
Thursday 29 October, four days after the shared return to standard time, gives 10:00 GMT against 12:00 EET. Thursday 17 December gives the same pair.
Reykjavik: a gap that grows in summer
A fixed clock
Icelanders leave their clocks at UTC+0 all year. At 12:00 in Reykjavik it is 14:00 in Romania during winter and 15:00 during summer.
What that means for the sum
A “convert WET to EET” calculation for Iceland that uses the usual two hours is an hour too small in summer. Add one extra hour between 29 March and 24 October.
A split team in Lisbon and Bucharest
The daily call
A group with people in Lisbon and Bucharest meets at 08:00 WET, which is 10:00 EET. The Portuguese are just starting; the Romanians are already in their second working hour.
Work handed over in writing
Tasks wrapped up at 16:00 WET land in Bucharest at 18:00 EET, after hours. A written note carries the context into the next morning.
European clocks, counted from Lisbon
How many hours to add
Relative to Lisbon and London, Berlin and Vienna are 1 hour ahead, Bucharest, Athens and Helsinki 2, Moscow in winter 3. The Azores are an hour behind.
One instant, four cities
When it is 12:00 in Lisbon, it is 13:00 in Berlin, 14:00 in Bucharest and 15:00 in Moscow. An invitation that lists them all spares the reader any convert WET to EET.
Portuguese students at Romanian universities
Lessons
A lesson at 10:00 EET is at 08:00 WET. Students in Portugal follow it at the first hour of the day.
Submission deadlines
A deadline of 23:59 WET is at 01:59 EET the next day. Whoever counts the deadline by Romanian midnight loses two hours.
Storm warnings from the Atlantic, followed in Romania
When an alert ends
A storm alert valid until 18:00 WET lapses at 20:00 EET. Romanian readers keeping an eye on relatives in Portugal put two hours on every time in the bulletin.
Which edition is current
Portuguese bulletins are stamped with local time. Running the stamp through a “convert WET to EET” calculation shows how old the latest edition is.
BBC programmes followed in Romania
The morning programme
A morning programme broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 GMT is from 08:00 to 11:00 EET. Romanian listeners catch it in the first part of the working day.
The evening bulletin
The 18:00 GMT bulletin is at 20:00 EET. A “convert WET to EET” calculation shows at once that in Romania it falls at dinner time.
The Dublin to Athens flight
The morning departure
A flight that leaves Dublin at 06:30 WET and takes four and a quarter hours lands at 10:45 WET, which is 12:45 EET. The ticket reads 06:30 and 12:45, as for a flight of six and a quarter hours, although the aircraft was in the air two hours less.
The return
A flight that leaves Athens at 13:30 EET, which is 11:30 WET, and also takes four and a quarter hours lands in Dublin at 15:45 WET. The ticket shows 13:30 and 15:45, as for a flight of two and a quarter hours. A “convert WET to EET” calculation done beforehand clears up why the same flight looks so much shorter in one direction than in the other.
Connecting passengers
Anyone with a connection in Athens to Rhodes, Crete or Cyprus has to recalculate the layover on Greek time, not Irish time. The airport shows only local time, and the gap of two hours holds all year, because Ireland and Greece move their clocks on the same night.
Clock changes: what they do to the gap
The year in segments
WET and EET move their clocks on the same dates, so the difference stays at 2 hours all year. In summer the labels become WEST and EEST, but the sum is unchanged.
How to apply it
The 2026 changes: Europe on 29 March and 25 October, North America on 8 March and 1 November. The sum behind a request to convert WET to EET is the same on every date.
A 24-hour lookup table
From WET to EET
00:00 WET becomes 02:00 EET. 01:00 WET becomes 03:00 EET. 02:00 WET becomes 04:00 EET. 03:00 WET becomes 05:00 EET. 04:00 WET becomes 06:00 EET. 05:00 WET becomes 07:00 EET. 06:00 WET becomes 08:00 EET. 07:00 WET becomes 09:00 EET. 08:00 WET becomes 10:00 EET. 09:00 WET becomes 11:00 EET. 10:00 WET becomes 12:00 EET. 11:00 WET becomes 13:00 EET. 12:00 WET becomes 14:00 EET. 13:00 WET becomes 15:00 EET. 14:00 WET becomes 16:00 EET. 15:00 WET becomes 17:00 EET. 16:00 WET becomes 18:00 EET. 17:00 WET becomes 19:00 EET. 18:00 WET becomes 20:00 EET. 19:00 WET becomes 21:00 EET. 20:00 WET becomes 22:00 EET. 21:00 WET becomes 23:00 EET. 22:00 WET becomes 00:00 EET (next day). 23:00 WET becomes 01:00 EET (next day).
What the table shows
On the left of each pair is a WET reading; on the right, the EET reading for the same moment, with the date change marked. The sums are the ones the calculator performs when you convert WET to EET. The offset has no minutes in it, so a reading of :45 stays :45 after the conversion.
Half-hour conversions
WET half-hours in EET
00:30 WET becomes 02:30 EET. 01:30 WET becomes 03:30 EET. 02:30 WET becomes 04:30 EET. 03:30 WET becomes 05:30 EET. 04:30 WET becomes 06:30 EET. 05:30 WET becomes 07:30 EET. 06:30 WET becomes 08:30 EET. 07:30 WET becomes 09:30 EET. 08:30 WET becomes 10:30 EET. 09:30 WET becomes 11:30 EET. 10:30 WET becomes 12:30 EET. 11:30 WET becomes 13:30 EET. 12:30 WET becomes 14:30 EET. 13:30 WET becomes 15:30 EET. 14:30 WET becomes 16:30 EET. 15:30 WET becomes 17:30 EET. 16:30 WET becomes 18:30 EET. 17:30 WET becomes 19:30 EET. 18:30 WET becomes 20:30 EET. 19:30 WET becomes 21:30 EET. 20:30 WET becomes 22:30 EET. 21:30 WET becomes 23:30 EET. 22:30 WET becomes 00:30 EET (next day). 23:30 WET becomes 01:30 EET (next day).
What to remember
Half-hour starts are as easy to convert as whole hours. The rows below are the result of the same rule you use when you convert WET to EET.
Conversions with minutes
WET into EET
01:05 WET becomes 03:05 EET. 03:20 WET becomes 05:20 EET. 05:50 WET becomes 07:50 EET. 07:35 WET becomes 09:35 EET. 10:10 WET becomes 12:10 EET. 13:25 WET becomes 15:25 EET. 16:40 WET becomes 18:40 EET. 19:55 WET becomes 21:55 EET. 22:15 WET becomes 00:15 EET (next day). 23:05 WET becomes 01:05 EET (next day).
How to check
Each line shows how a time with minutes is carried across. Because the difference is a whole number of hours, the minutes in the answer are the same as in the question.
Times of day in EET
A day in WET, translated into EET
06:00 WET becomes 08:00 EET (morning). 08:00 WET becomes 10:00 EET (morning). 10:00 WET becomes 12:00 EET (around midday). 12:00 WET becomes 14:00 EET (afternoon). 14:00 WET becomes 16:00 EET (afternoon). 16:00 WET becomes 18:00 EET (evening). 18:00 WET becomes 20:00 EET (evening). 20:00 WET becomes 22:00 EET (night). 22:00 WET becomes 00:00 EET (night).
A practical tip
Read down the list to see how the WET day maps onto the EET day. It is useful before you convert WET to EET for a meeting invitation.
A quick routine to convert WET to EET
First
Read the labels
Iceland shares the offset of WET all year but has no summer time, unlike Portugal. EET is also used by Egypt, which has its own summer calendar.
Use a 24-hour clock
Write 4:30 p.m. as 16:30 and 12:00 a.m. as 00:00 before you start. For example, 09:15 WET becomes 11:15 EET.
Finishing
The operation
Add 2 hours. If the result passes midnight, correct the date: readings from 22:00 fall on the next date.
A second example
An evening check: 22:40 WET gives 00:40 EET (next day).
Traps to avoid when you convert WET to EET
Subtracting instead of adding
Because EET runs ahead of WET, the result must be a later clock reading. An earlier one points to a subtraction.
Losing the date
WET readings from 22:00 fall on the next date. Forgetting to move the date leaves the result 24 hours wrong.
Mixing up labels in summer
In summer the labels change to WEST and EEST, but the gap between the two clocks does not. The new names do not change the gap, so leave the sum alone.
Confusing the abbreviation
Western European Time covers mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canaries and the Faroes, but not the Azores, which are an hour behind. A Romanian schedule in July says EEST (UTC+3), not EET.
Quick answers
By how much do WET and EET differ?
2 hours, and EET is ahead of WET.
Which sum applies when I convert WET to EET?
Add 2 hours to the WET time, then fix the date if the result passes midnight.
How much is 15:30 WET in EET?
17:30 EET.
Is the gap the same in every month?
Yes, it is the same in every month.
Is the time I enter sent anywhere?
No. Everything happens on your own device.
Other pairs worth a look
Other converters: Convert WET to CST, Convert WET to CET, Convert UTC to EET, Convert CST to EET, Convert EET to CST, Convert EST to WET, Convert CST to IST, Convert PST to WET, Convert GMT to UTC. And the reverse of this one: Convert EET to WET.
The short version: add 2 hours, check the date, and you can convert WET to EET with confidence. No account is needed.