Time zones of Europe in relation to UTC:

blue	Western European Time (UTC+0) Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
light blue	Western European Time (UTC+0)
red	Central European Time (UTC+1) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
yellow	Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
orange	Kaliningrad Time (UTC+3)
green	Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3), a.k.a. Moscow Time

Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time.

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in some European, North African, and Middle Eastern countries. Most of them also use Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3) as a summer daylight saving time.

Where it is used |

Two countries uses Eastern European Time all the year:

• Libya


• Egypt

The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time during the winter only:

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  Bulgaria, since 1894


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  Cyprus, (Northern Cyprus abolished daylight saving and has switched to Moscow Time all year long in September 2016, but returned to EET in October 2017)


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  Estonia, in years 1921-40 and since 1989


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  Finland, since 1921


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  Greece, since 1916


• 
  Israel, since 1948
  


• Jordan


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  Latvia, in years 1926-40 and since 1989


• Lebanon


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  Lithuania, in 1920 and since 1989


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  Moldova, in years 1924-40 and since 1991


• Palestinian territories


• 
  Romania, since 1931


• Syria


• 
  Ukraine, in years 1924-30 and since 1990

Moscow used EET between 1922-30 and 1991-92. In Poland this time was used between 1918-22.
Turkey, used EET between 1910-2016 except for the years 1978-85 and has switched to Moscow Time all year long.

In time of World War II MET (CET) was used in eastern countries, occupied by Germany.

Major metropolitan areas |

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  Ankara, Turkey
  


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  Athens, Greece
  


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  Beirut, Lebanon
  


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  Brasov, Romania
  


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  Bucharest, Romania
  


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  Cluj Napoca, Romania
  


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  Chişinău, Moldova
  


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  Damascus, Syria
  


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  Helsinki, Finland
  


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  Istanbul, Turkey
  


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  İzmir, Turkey
  


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  Jerusalem, Israel
  


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  Kiev, Ukraine
  


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  Lviv, Ukraine
  


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  Minsk, Belarus
  


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  Nicosia, Cyprus
  


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  Riga, Latvia
  


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  Sofia, Bulgaria
  


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  Tallinn, Estonia
  


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  Tel Aviv, Israel
  


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  Thessaloniki, Greece
  


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  Timişoara, Romania
  


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  Vilnius, Lithuania