#Winter Time

The transition to winter time in Ukraine will help mitigate evening peak loads on the power system and reduce the risk of power outages amid a shortage of maneuvering capacities.

Ukraine will switch to winter time on October 25, 2026. At 4:00 AM, clocks will move back one hour. Despite proposals to cancel, old rules remain in effect.

Switching clocks to standard time in Ukraine will help reduce the evening peak load on the energy system and decrease the need for power outages.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law abolishing the clock change back in 2024, but the president has not signed it. Therefore, in autumn 2026 Ukraine will again switch to winter time on the night of 24 to 25 October.

On October 25, 2026, Ukraine and the EU countries will turn their clocks back by one hour, switching to winter time. No final decision on abolishing the twice-yearly time change has been made yet.

On 25 October 2026, Ukraine will switch to winter time: at 04:00 Kyiv time, the clock hands will be turned back by one hour. The law abolishing the seasonal time change, adopted by the Rada, has not yet entered into force.