About PST to CET Time
PST covers Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver. CET covers Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam and Stockholm.
Normal working days barely overlap: when one side starts, the other has finished. Calls usually mean early morning for one and evening for the other — the timeline above shows exactly how early.
Both regions use daylight saving, so the gap holds for most of the year — except for the week or two each spring and autumn when they switch on different dates.
How it works
Central European Time (Paris, Berlin) is always 9 hours ahead of Pacific Time (Los Angeles).
- Take the PST time you want to convert.
- Add 9 hours.
- Roll the date forward or back if the result crosses midnight.
Neither side changes its clocks relative to the other, so this gap holds all year.
Zone details: PST is −8 in winter and −7 in summer (UTC), CET is +1 in winter and +2 in summer.
Examples
A working day in PST, seen from CET:
| PST | CET |
|---|---|
| 09:00 PST | 18:00 CET |
| 12:00 PST | 21:00 CET |
| 15:00 PST | 00:00 CET (next day) |
| 18:00 PST | 03:00 CET (next day) |
| 21:00 PST | 06:00 CET (next day) |
Meetings usually work best where the two working days overlap. Drag the timeline above to see the overlap for any hour, or use the full time zone converter for any other pair of cities.
PST to CET Time: frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between PST and CET?
- CET is 9 hours ahead of PST in standard time (PST is UTC−8, CET is UTC+1). The gap can change by an hour for part of the year because PST observes daylight saving (PDT) and CET observes daylight saving (CEST), and the US and Europe switch on different dates (March and late October/early November).
- What is 9 AM PST in CET?
- 9:00 AM PST is 6:00 PM CET (standard time).
- Where is PST used?
- Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8) is used in the US West Coast (Los Angeles, Seattle).
- Where is CET used?
- Central European Time (UTC+1) is used in Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid.