Current time in Germany
CESTUTC+2Europe/Berlin
Difference from you
Observatory log
Germany, observed
- 01Time zone
Central European Summer Time
CEST · UTC+2 ·
Europe/Berlin,Europe/Zurich- 02Daylight saving
Clocks change twice a year
Next changeSunday, 25 October 2026 at 03:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 02:00 (CEST → CET).
- 03Weekend
Saturday and Sunday
The usual days off in Germany; working hours are counted as 09:00–17:00 on the other days.
- 04Capital
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2)
- 05Difference from you
Live, between your device’s time zone and Berlin
57 places
Cities in Germany
- Berlin
- Frankfurt
- Stuttgart
- Hamburg
- Mannheim
- Munich
- Essen
- Cologne
- Düsseldorf
- Duisburg
- Bremen
- Hannover
- Nürnberg
- Dortmund
- Wuppertal
- Dresden
- Leipzig
- Bonn
- Saarbrucken
- Wiesbaden
- Karlsruhe
- Bielefeld
- Augsburg
- Heidelberg
- Chemnitz
- Münster
- Kiel
- Kassel
- Braunschweig
- Freiburg
- Magdeburg
- Lubeck
- Koblenz
- Rostock
- Osnabrück
- Erfurt
- Mainz
- Potsdam
- Furth
- Oldenburg
- Wurzburg
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Public holidays
Upcoming public holidays
- Friday, 25 December 2026Erster Weihnachtstag · Christmas Dayin 68 days
- Saturday, 26 December 2026Zweiter Weihnachtstag · Second Day of Christmasin 69 days
- Friday, 1 January 2027Neujahr · New Year's Dayin 75 days
- Friday, 26 March 2027Karfreitag · Good Fridayin 159 days
- Monday, 29 March 2027Ostermontag · Easter Mondayin 162 days
Questions
Asked about Germany
How many time zones does Germany have?
Germany has one time zone, UTC+1 in standard time (IANA: Europe/Berlin, Europe/Zurich).
Does Germany observe daylight saving time?
Yes. The next change in Berlin is on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 03:00: clocks go back 1 hour to 02:00 (CEST → CET).
What is the time zone of Germany?
Germany uses Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2). Its IANA time-zone ID is Europe/Berlin.