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Time in Mechelen, Belgium now

04:58:54AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Mechelen switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:24AM ↓ 08:10PM (12h 45m) - More info - Make Mechelen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Mechelen

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 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 March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Mechelen

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Mechelen

Sunrise: 07:24AM
Sunset: 08:10PM
Day length: 12h 45m
Solar noon: 01:47PM
The current local time in Mechelen is 107 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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#3 Frituur Plankendaal

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