Time in Essen, Germany | Essen Now
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Time zone information for Essen
UTC +2
Central European Time (CET) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET)
▪Time in Essen is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Essen is
Europe/Berlin.March29Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
October25Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Essen
- ▪Sunrise: 08:05
- ▪Sunset: 18:26
- ▪Day length: 10h 20m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:16
- ▪Current time in Essen is currently 76 minutes ahead of solar time.
Essen on map
- ▪Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- ▪Latitude: 51,46. Longitude: 7,01
- ▪Population: 593,085
- ▪Elevation: 83 m
Time difference
from Essen
Sun cycle
Sunrise 08:05
Solar noon 13:16Sunset 18:26
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Berlin- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 3 days, 21 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792551719
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 08:05
- Sunset
- 18:26
- Solar noon
- 13:16
- Day length
- 10h 20m
- Night length
- 13h 39m
- Civil twilight
- 07:31 – 19:00
Geography & country
- Country
- Germany
- Region / State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Coordinates
- 51.457°, 7.012°
- Elevation
- 83 m
- Population
- 593,085
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