Graz, Styria, Austria uses Europe/Vienna, currently CEST (UTC+02:00). Clocks move back 1 hour on 25 October 2026.
Graz is a city in Austria, with a population of about 303,300. Local clocks move forward and back with daylight saving time each year.
The band below is your local scale — accent shows when everyone's business hours overlap. Add or remove a city on the left and this updates too.
Written for people arriving, calling in, or planning a trip around the time difference.
Graz is Austria's second city, on the Mur in Styria, with a World Heritage old town of red-tiled roofs beneath a wooded hill. The Schlossberg rises directly from the centre, topped by a clock tower that is the city's emblem.
The Kunsthaus, a bulbous blue biomorphic structure the locals call the friendly alien, sits among baroque roofs and is the most striking modern building in Austria. The Landeszeughaus holds the largest historic armoury collection in the world, the Schlossberg is climbed by funicular or a lift cut into the rock, and Eggenberg Palace lies just outside.
The old town is compact and walkable and trams cover the wider city. Trains reach Vienna in around two and a half hours, and the Styrian wine roads are a short drive south.
Late spring through early autumn is the most pleasant, and the surrounding wine country is at its best in autumn. Winters are cold with a well-regarded Christmas market season.
Austria uses the EUR, calling code +43.
Austria uses the euro, and German is the everyday language with English widely understood. Manner is formal on first meeting, and cards are widely accepted though cash is still common.
