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Time in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany now

23:27:29

Thursday, 1 October, 2026, week 40

World Vegetarian Day / International Day of Older Persons / National Day of China / Independence Day of Nigeria

Sun: ↑ 07:34 ↓ 19:12 (11h 38m) - More info - Make North Rhine-Westphalia time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for North Rhine-Westphalia

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in North Rhine-Westphalia is 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when North Rhine-Westphalia is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when North Rhine-Westphalia is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for North Rhine-Westphalia is Europe/Berlin.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer 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.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from North Rhine-Westphalia

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for North Rhine-Westphalia

Sunrise: 07:34
Sunset: 19:12
Day length: 11h 38m
Solar noon: 13:23
The current local time in North Rhine-Westphalia is 83 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

North Rhine-Westphalia on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 51.22. Longitude: 6.76
Population: 18,078,000

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