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Time in Gelsenkirchen, Germany now

02:29:59PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Gelsenkirchen switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:16AM ↓ 06:58PM (12h 42m) - More info - Make Gelsenkirchen time default - Add to favorite locations

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 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 October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 06:16AM
Sunset: 06:58PM
Day length: 12h 42m
Solar noon: 12:37PM
The current local time in Gelsenkirchen is 37 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.