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Time zone in Germany

Germany uses a single time zone: Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.

Berlin lies at 13.4° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:54 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 6 min of its standard time, so the sun is highest close to noon in winter, and about 1:00 PM in summer.

Daylight saving time in Germany

Yes. Germany moves its clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at 2:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 3:00 AM (local time).

The dates come from EU Directive 2000/84/EC, which makes every member state change at the same instant, 1:00 a.m. GMT. The plan to end the changes has been stalled in the Council since 2019; the daylight saving time page explains it.

All coming change dates are on the Europe/Berlin page.

Clock history of Germany

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:53 in Berlin), which ended on March 31, 1893, when CET (UTC+1) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 45 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of Germany year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Berlin.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

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Time difference between Germany and major cities

• In 2027, Germany is 5 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 6 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Germany is 8 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 9 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Germany is 9 h behind Sydney from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Germany’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Germany overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM Germany time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Germany it is 3:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Germany overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Germany time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Germany it is 8:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Germany overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Germany time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Germany it is 1:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Berlin and the difference now.

Same clock as Germany

These places keep exactly the same time as Germany all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Ceuta, Europe/Andorra, Europe/Belgrade, Europe/Brussels, Europe/Budapest and 10 more).

• BerlinDE
• MadridES
• RomeIT
• ParisFR
• HamburgDE
• BudapestHU
• WarsawPL
• ViennaAT
• BarcelonaES
• StockholmSE
• MunichDE
• MilanIT

Cities in Germany

• Berlin
• Hamburg
• Munich
• Köln
• Frankfurt am Main
• Düsseldorf
• Stuttgart

Germany at a glance

• CapitalBerlin
• Population83,491,249
• Time zone IDEurope/Berlin
• Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
• Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
• Calling code+49

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