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Time in Giessen, Hesse, Germany now

22:15:43

Friday, 27 March 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Giessen switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:12 ↓ 18:49 (12h 37m) - More info - Make Giessen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Giessen

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 Giessen 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 Giessen can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Giessen 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 Giessen

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 Giessen

Sunrise: 06:12
Sunset: 18:49
Day length: 12h 37m
Solar noon: 12:31
The current local time in Giessen is 31 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Giessen on the map

Location: Hesse, Germany
Latitude: 50.587. Longitude: 8.676
Population: 74,000

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Best restaurants in Giessen

#1 NOAMS Gießen - Vegetarian and vegan food
#2 Family Imbiss
#3 Shiburi - Moderne Japanische Küche & Sushi - Fusion and sushi food

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