Clock changes in Austria: 2026, 2027 and the years after

When the clocks go forward and back in Austria, under the federal government's ordinances, with a countdown to the next change.

Time left until start of summer time 2027, 28 March 2027

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Change

Clocks change 2027: summer time starts

28 March 2027

At 2:00 clocks go forward to 3:00: one hour less sleep.

Summer time starts (clocks forward)Sun 28 March
Summer time ends (clocks back)Sun 31 October
Days on summer time217
Legal basisBGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
How this is calculated
Clock changes in Austria in the coming years
YearForward (2:00 → 3:00)Back (3:00 → 2:00)Ordinance
202728 March 202731 October 2027BGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
202826 March 202829 October 2028BGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
202925 March 202928 October 2029BGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
203031 March 203027 October 2030BGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
203130 March 203126 October 2031BGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
203228 March 203231 October 2032not yet issued

Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · laws checked on RIS on 28 October 2026

Summer time 2026 ended in Austria on Sunday, 25 October 2026, at 3:00 summer time, when clocks went back to 2:00. The next change is on Sunday, 28 March 2027: at 2:00 Central European Time the clocks jump to 3:00, and the night is an hour shorter. Standard time returns on Sunday, 31 October 2027. These dates are not just custom; they are in the Federal Law Gazette. Under the Time Reckoning Act the federal government sets them by ordinance, five years at a time. Federal Law Gazette II No. 58/2022 covers 2022 to 2026, and No. 282/2026 covers 2027 to 2031. Both follow EU Directive 2000/84/EC: summer time starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October. The Time Reckoning Act also settles the repeated hour in autumn: the hour from 2:00 to 3:00 is counted twice, first as 2A, then as 2B. Abolishing the clock change, which the European Parliament backed in 2019, has not happened; in Austria the change is set by ordinance up to 2031.

Clock change dates up to 2031

Start and end of summer time in Austria, by ordinance
YearForward (2:00 → 3:00)Back (3:00 → 2:00)Ordinance
202629 March 202625 October 2026BGBl. II No. 58/2022
202728 March 202731 October 2027BGBl. II No. 282/2026
202826 March 202829 October 2028BGBl. II No. 282/2026
202925 March 202928 October 2029BGBl. II No. 282/2026
203031 March 203027 October 2030BGBl. II No. 282/2026
203130 March 203126 October 2031BGBl. II No. 282/2026

Sources: ordinance for 2022 to 2026 and ordinance for 2027 to 2031, both on RIS. Our calculator also derives the dates from the "last Sunday in March or October" rule and checks them against the ordinances; for every year up to 2031 the two agree.

What the law says

The Time Reckoning Act makes Central European Time the standard time and empowers the federal government to set summer time between 1 March and 31 October; start and end must fall on a Saturday or Sunday. In autumn the last hour is counted twice, as 2A and 2B. The European framework is Directive 2000/84/EC.

In 2028 summer time starts on 26 March 2028, three weeks before Easter. If you schedule across the change, the week numbers are in the calendar 2027.

Clocks change 2028: summer time starts

Clocks change 2028: summer time starts

26 March 2028

Summer time starts (clocks forward)Sun 26 March
Summer time ends (clocks back)Sun 29 October
Days on summer time217
Legal basisBGBl. II Nr. 282/2026
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Common questions

When is the next clock change in Austria?

On Sunday, 28 March 2027. At 2:00 the clocks go forward to 3:00. Summer time then ends on Sunday, 31 October 2027. That night is an hour shorter. In autumn the clocks go back from 3:00 to 2:00. Clocks on ovens and in cars need setting by hand.

When did the clocks change in 2026?

Summer time began on 29 March 2026 and ended on 25 October 2026, both in the night from Saturday to Sunday, as set by ordinance Federal Law Gazette II No. 58/2022. For 2027 to 2031 the new ordinance, Federal Law Gazette II No. 282/2026, applies.

Is the clock change being abolished?

Not in the foreseeable future. The Austrian ordinance already sets summer time up to and including 2031. The European Parliament supported EU-wide abolition in 2019, but the member states have not agreed. Without a joint decision, clocks keep changing on the last Sunday of March and October.

Do the clocks go forward or back?

Forward in spring (from 2:00 to 3:00), back in autumn (from 3:00 to 2:00). The English mnemonic: spring forward, fall back. Phones change by themselves; clocks on ovens or in cars need to be set by hand. The ordinance sets 2:00 as the switching time in spring.

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