CET to HKT Converter
Continental Europe and Hong Kong are separated by 7 hours in CET winter and 6 during European summer—a gap where the European morning overlaps with Hong Kong's late afternoon trading session. European headquarters teams in finance, manufacturing, and luxury retail use this window to align with Greater China operations before Hong Kong's close of business, making it one of the most-used EMEA-to-APAC scheduling corridors for global firms.
Time Zone Converter
Compare Times
| CET | HKT |
|---|
Morning
| CET | HKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM CET | 7:00 AM HKT |
| 1:00 AM CET | 8:00 AM HKT |
| 2:00 AM CET | 9:00 AM HKT |
| 3:00 AM CET | 10:00 AM HKT |
| 4:00 AM CET | 11:00 AM HKT |
| 5:00 AM CET | 12:00 PM HKT |
| 6:00 AM CET | 1:00 PM HKT |
| 7:00 AM CET | 2:00 PM HKT |
| 8:00 AM CET | 3:00 PM HKT |
| 9:00 AM CET | 4:00 PM HKT |
| 10:00 AM CET | 5:00 PM HKT |
| 11:00 AM CET | 6:00 PM HKT |
Afternoon
| CET | HKT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM CET | 7:00 PM HKT |
| 1:00 PM CET | 8:00 PM HKT |
| 2:00 PM CET | 9:00 PM HKT |
| 3:00 PM CET | 10:00 PM HKT |
| 4:00 PM CET | 11:00 PM HKT |
Evening
| CET | HKT |
|---|---|
| 5:00 PM CET | 12:00 AM HKT |
| 6:00 PM CET | 1:00 AM HKT |
| 7:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM HKT |
| 8:00 PM CET | 3:00 AM HKT |
| 9:00 PM CET | 4:00 AM HKT |
| 10:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM HKT |
| 11:00 PM CET | 6:00 AM HKT |
Common Time Conversions
EST · New York →
CST · Chicago →
MST · Denver →
PST · Los Angeles →
AKST · Anchorage →
HST · Honolulu →
UTC · Universal →
GMT · London →
IST · New Delhi →
CET · Paris →
How Time Zone Conversion Works
Time zone conversion works by comparing the UTC offset of one location to another. Every city or region is measured relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which acts as the global reference point for civil time.
HKT is 7 hours ahead of CET (standard time).
Daylight Saving Time: CET observes DST; HKT does not. The offset between them shifts by 1 hour twice a year — in spring and autumn — when CET changes its clocks.
Best Meeting Times: CET & HKT
CET
09:00–10:00
Central European Time
HKT
16:00–17:00
Hong Kong Time
Recommended time: 09:30 CET / 16:30 HKT
DST schedule for 2026
Current-year daylight saving start and end dates for the selected zones.
CET · Central European Time
Standard offset +01:00
- Starts
- Mar 29, 2026 · 01:00 UTC → 02:00 UTC
- last_sunday_of_march
- Ends
- Oct 25, 2026 · 01:00 UTC → 00:00 UTC
- last_sunday_of_october
- Daylight time
- CEST · +02:00
EU Summer Time changes happen at the same moment across all EU member states.
HKT · Hong Kong Time
Standard offset +08:00
Hong Kong Time remains on a constant standard offset for the year.
Hong Kong has not observed DST since 1979.
Principal Cities
CET — Central European Time
- BerlinGermany
- MadridSpain
- RomeItaly
- ParisFrance
HKT — Hong Kong Time
- Hong KongHong Kong
- KowloonHong Kong
- Sha TinHong Kong
- Yuen LongHong Kong
Flight Information
Route
FRA ↔ HKG
Avg. flight time
11h
Direct flights
Available
~11h direct flight.