Time in Cologne, Germany | Cologne Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Cologne
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 Cologne 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 Cologne 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 Cologne
- ▪Sunrise: 08:06
- ▪Sunset: 18:25
- ▪Day length: 10h 18m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:16
- ▪Current time in Cologne is currently 76 minutes ahead of solar time.
Cologne on map
- ▪Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- ▪Latitude: 50,93. Longitude: 6,95
- ▪Population: 1,024,621
- ▪Elevation: 58 m
Time difference
from Cologne
Sun cycle
Sunrise 08:06
Solar noon 13:16Sunset 18:25
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Berlin- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 20 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792642287
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 08:06
- Sunset
- 18:25
- Solar noon
- 13:16
- Day length
- 10h 18m
- Night length
- 13h 41m
- Civil twilight
- 07:33 – 18:59
Geography & country
- Country
- Germany
- Region / State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Coordinates
- 50.933°, 6.950°
- Elevation
- 58 m
- Population
- 1,024,621
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