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Time in Germany now

06:53:15AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Germany switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:00AM ↓ 05:04PM (10h 4m) - More info - Make Germany time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Germany

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Germany is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Germany can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Germany is Europe/Berlin.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Germany

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Germany on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 357,021 km²
Capital: Berlin
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Calling code: +49
Internet top level domain: .de
Latitude: 51.50. Longitude: 10.50
Population: 82,928,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Germany 1881-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from DWD.
See showyourstripes.info.