Time in Mechelen, Belgium | Mechelen Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for Mechelen
UTC +2
Central European Time (CEST) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET)
▪Time in Mechelen 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 Mechelen is
Europe/Brussels.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 Mechelen
- ▪Sunrise: 08:16
- ▪Sunset: 18:35
- ▪Day length: 10h 18m
- ▪Solar noon: 13:26
- ▪Current time in Mechelen is currently 86 minutes ahead of solar time.
Mechelen on map
- ▪Location: Flanders, Belgium
- ▪Latitude: 51,03. Longitude: 4,48
- ▪Population: 77,530
- ▪Elevation: 8 m
Time difference
from Mechelen
Sun cycle
Sunrise 08:16
Solar noon 13:26Sunset 18:35
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/Brussels- Abbreviation
- CEST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 2 days, 3 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792704153
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 08:16
- Sunset
- 18:35
- Solar noon
- 13:26
- Day length
- 10h 18m
- Night length
- 13h 41m
- Civil twilight
- 07:43 – 19:09
Geography & country
- Country
- Belgium
- Region / State
- Flanders
- Coordinates
- 51.026°, 4.478°
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Population
- 77,530
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