Clocks go back (winter time) · 03:00 → 02:00 Sunday, 25 October 2026 · at 03:00 the clocks read 02:00 · one hour more sleep
| When | What happens | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, 29 March 2026 | Clocks go forward (summer time) · 02:00 → 03:00 | one hour less sleep |
| Sun, 25 October 2026 | Clocks go back (winter time) · 03:00 → 02:00 | one hour more sleep |
| Sun, 28 March 2027 | Clocks go forward (summer time) · 02:00 → 03:00 | one hour less sleep |
| Sun, 31 October 2027 | Clocks go back (winter time) · 03:00 → 02:00 | one hour more sleep |
On Sunday, 25 October 2026, at 03:00, when they fall back to 02:00. You get an hour more sleep.
Next spring, on Sunday, 28 March 2027. The next change before that is back, on Sunday, 25 October 2026.
You gain an hour in October, when the clocks go back and 03:00 becomes 02:00. You lose an hour in March, when 02:00 becomes 03:00.
Yes, if it takes the time from the network or the internet, which every modern phone does by default. Ovens, cars and analogue clocks do not.
Not at present. Parliament voted to end it in 2019, but member states never agreed on whether to keep summer or winter time permanently, and a patchwork across neighbouring countries was judged worse than the switch. The proposal is stalled, not dead.
Belgium follows the EU rule: summer time begins on the last Sunday of March at 02:00, when the clocks jump to 03:00, and ends on the last Sunday of October at 03:00, when they fall back to 02:00. The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end the switch, but member states never agreed on which time to keep permanently, so the directive was never adopted and the changes continue. Nothing has been scheduled to replace them.
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