Current time in Berlin, Germany
Central European Time
UTC+02:00- Time zone
- Central European Time · Europe/Berlin
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 CEST
- Abbreviation
- CET / CEST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 02:00, back the last Sunday in October at 03:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 03:00 (CEST → CET).
- Difference from you
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- Location
- State of Berlin, Germany (capital) · 52.52° N, 13.41° E
- Population
- 3,426,354
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Berlin at about 12:06 standard time: the clock runs about 6 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:50 and 13:13 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:09 | 18:19 | 12h 10m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:43 | 21:33 | 16h 50m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:53 | 19:02 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:14 | 15:53 | 7h 39m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:03–18:48 (11 h 45 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Prague, Czechia · 280 km
- Copenhagen, Denmark · 360 km
- Warsaw, Poland · 520 km
- Vienna, Austria · 520 km
- Bratislava, Slovakia · 550 km
- Amsterdam, Netherlands · 580 km