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Time in Mechelen, Belgium now

02:33:47PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Mechelen switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:26AM ↓ 07:08PM (12h 42m) - More info - Make Mechelen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Mechelen

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 Mechelen 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 Mechelen can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Mechelen is Europe/Brussels.

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 Mechelen

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
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Mechelen

Sunrise: 06:26AM
Sunset: 07:08PM
Day length: 12h 42m
Solar noon: 12:47PM
The current local time in Mechelen is 47 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Mechelen on the map

Location: Belgium
Latitude: 51.026. Longitude: 4.478
Population: 78,000

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