Current time in Latvia
Local time in Latvia
The time in Latvia is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 7 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in Latvia
| Current time |
9:58 a.m.
|
| Daylight saving time | 1 hour |
| Timezone | Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) |
| Olson timezone name | Europe/Riga |
| Time difference | 7 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Latvia Daylight Saving time (DST)
Latvia uses Daylight Savings time. In the table below you can find out when DST begins and when DST ends in Latvia.
| DST Started 2021 | March 28, 2021 Forward 1 hour |
| DST Ends 2021 | Oct. 31, 2021 Backward 1 hour |
| Next DST Start 2022 | March 27, 2022 Forward 1 hour |
Latvia
Latvia uses Eastern European Time EET and Eastern European Summer Time EEST. EET is UTC +0200 and EEST is UTC +0300. Latvia's latitude and longitude is 57° 00'N and 25° 00' E. Therefore a two hours offset between UTC and EET is very suitable for Latvia and the fact that the country uses daylight savings time is not surprising.
Important cities in Latvia
The current time in some important cities in Latvia is shown below.