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Zagreb for remote work

UTC+1 Europe/Zagreb · UTC+1 in January, UTC+2 in July

Photo: Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here
Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Price level 59 Moderate: household prices Croatia-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 7 / 12 April–October

Your team's working day, on Zagreb's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Zagreb; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00
2 h
US Pacific 18:00–02:00
0 h
UK 10:00–18:00
7 h
Central Europe 09:00–17:00
8 h

Clock changes ahead in Zagreb: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Feb2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Mar2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Apr2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
May2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jun2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jul2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Aug2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Sep2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Oct2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Nov2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Dec2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (0.0), high 5°C5°JanFebruary: Poor (0.0), high 8°C8°FebMarch: Poor (3.7), high 13°C13°MarApril: Great (8.4), high 18°C18°AprMay: Great (9.6), high 22°C22°MayJune: Great (9.5), high 26°C26°JunJuly: Great (8.9), high 28°C28°JulAugust: Great (8.7), high 28°C28°AugSeptember: Great (9.2), high 22°C22°SepOctober: Good (7.1), high 16°C16°OctNovember: Poor (2.0), high 10°C10°NovDecember: Poor (0.0), high 5°C5°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan5°C-1°C49 mm-2°C dry8.9 h0.0
Feb8°C0°C49 mm-1°C dry10.1 h0.0
Mar13°C3°C53 mm2°C dry11.6 h3.7
Apr18°C7°C56 mm6°C dry13.3 h8.4
May22°C12°C83 mm10°C dry14.7 h9.6
Jun26°C15°C88 mm14°C comfortable15.5 h9.5
Jul28°C17°C79 mm15°C comfortable15.2 h8.9
Aug28°C17°C92 mm15°C comfortable13.9 h8.7
Sep22°C12°C110 mm12°C comfortable12.3 h9.2
Oct16°C8°C89 mm8°C dry10.7 h7.1
Nov10°C4°C81 mm4°C dry9.2 h2.0
Dec5°C0°C63 mm0°C dry8.5 h0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
767,131 (2021)
Elevation
127 m
Airports
Zagreb Airport (ZAG), 10 km
Time zone
Europe/Zagreb
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Croatia's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Zagreb on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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