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Time in Bochum, Germany now

21:30:00

Friday 27 March 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Bochum switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:17 ↓ 18:56 (12h 38m) - More info - Make Bochum time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bochum

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

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 03:00 to 02:00 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 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Bochum

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 Bochum

Sunrise: 06:17
Sunset: 18:56
Day length: 12h 38m
Solar noon: 12:36
The current local time in Bochum is 36 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bochum on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 51.48. Longitude: 7.22
Population: 386,000

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Best restaurants in Bochum

#1 das Landau - Tapas & more - Mediterranean and portuguese food
#2 The ASH Bochum - American and steakhouses food
#3 Three Years One Day Kaffeerösterei - Bochum - Delis food

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