Current time in Hamburg, 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
- —
- Location
- Germany · 53.55° N, 9.99° E
- Population
- 1,973,896
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Hamburg at about 12:20 standard time: the clock runs about 20 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:04 and 13:27 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:22 | 18:33 | 12h 11m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:50 | 21:53 | 17h 03m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:07 | 19:16 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:34 | 16:01 | 7h 28m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:17–19:01 (11 h 44 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.