Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania uses Europe/Bucharest, currently EEST (UTC+03:00). Clocks move back 1 hour on 25 October 2026.
Sector 2 is a city in Romania, home to around 290,500 people. Its time shifts forward and back with the seasons under daylight saving rules.
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Sector 2 is one of Bucharest's six administrative sectors rather than a separate city, covering the northeastern part of the capital. It mixes older residential streets with socialist-era housing and includes several of the city's lakes.
The chain of lakes along the Colentina in the north of the sector, including Herăstrău and Tei, are the main green spaces. The Village Museum, an open-air collection of houses moved from across Romania, sits by Herăstrău park, and the historic centre and parliament building are in the neighbouring sectors.
Metro lines and trams cross the sector with connections to the centre. The lakeside parks are pleasant to walk, and the outer housing districts are spread out.
Late spring and early autumn are the most comfortable. Summers on the Wallachian plain are hot and dusty, and winters are cold with snow.
Romania uses the RON, calling code +40.
Romania uses the leu rather than the euro, and Romanian is the everyday language with English spoken by younger people. Cards are accepted almost everywhere.
