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Time in Gelsenkirchen, Germany now

02:36:31AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Gelsenkirchen switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:06AM ↓ 08:04PM (12h 58m) - More info - Make Gelsenkirchen time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Gelsenkirchen 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 Gelsenkirchen can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Gelsenkirchen is Europe/Berlin.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Sunrise: 07:06AM
Sunset: 08:04PM
Day length: 12h 58m
Solar noon: 01:35PM
The current local time in Gelsenkirchen is 95 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.