Summer time 2027: when the clocks change in Italy
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Time left until summer time 2027 in Italy, 28 March 2027
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Summer time 2027: clocks go forward
28 March 2027
On Sunday at 2:00 clocks jump to 3:00: one hour less sleep. Standard time returns on 31 October 2027.
| Summer time starts (2:00 → 3:00) | Sun 28 March |
| Back to standard time (3:00 → 2:00) | Sun 31 October |
| Days on summer time | 217 |
| October change night | 25 hours |
| Year | Summer time (forward) | Standard time (back) |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 28 March 2027 | 31 October 2027 |
| 2028 | 26 March 2028 | 29 October 2028 |
| 2029 | 25 March 2029 | 28 October 2029 |
| 2030 | 31 March 2030 | 27 October 2030 |
| 2031 | 30 March 2031 | 26 October 2031 |
| 2032 | 28 March 2032 | 31 October 2032 |
| 2033 | 27 March 2033 | 30 October 2033 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Law 260/1949 and amendments checked on 28 October 2026
In 2027 summer time (ora legale) starts on Sunday 28 March: at 2:00 the clocks go forward to 3:00 and you sleep an hour less. It ends on Sunday 31 October, when 3:00 goes back to 2:00. The dates follow European Directive 2000/84/EC: summer time starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October, at the same moment across the Union. In 2027 it lasts 217 days. The March change falls on Easter night itself, 28 March: it will happen again in 2032. Phones and computers update themselves; analogue clocks, ovens and cars need changing by hand. In Italy the reference for the exact time is INRiM, the national metrology institute in Turin. The European proposal to scrap clock changes, voted by the European Parliament in 2019, was never approved by the Council: for now the change stays.
Summer time in the coming years
| Year | Starts (forward) | Ends (back) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 March | 25 October | 210 days |
| 2027 | 28 March | 31 October | 217 days |
| 2028 | 26 March | 29 October | 217 days |
| 2029 | 25 March | 28 October | 217 days |
| 2030 | 31 March | 27 October | 210 days |
The European rule
The government no longer sets the dates year by year: Directive 2000/84/EC fixes, for every EU country, the start of summer time at 1:00 universal time on the last Sunday in March and its end at 1:00 on the last Sunday in October. In Italy, on Central European Time, 1:00 universal time is 2:00 in winter and 3:00 in summer. The reference time signal is broadcast by INRiM.
With summer time the sun sets an hour later: at the end of June in Rome sunset is after 20:45. In exchange, in the first weeks after the March change, mornings stay dark for longer. The effect on sleep lasts a few days.
Clocks go back 2028: standard time returns
Clocks go back 2028: standard time returns
29 October 2028
| Summer time starts (2:00 → 3:00) | Sun 26 March |
| Back to standard time (3:00 → 2:00) | Sun 29 October |
| Days on summer time | 217 |
| October change night | 25 hours |
The autumn change is explained on standard time; the Easter that falls on the same night in 2027 on Easter 2027.