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Time in Rostock, Germany now

01:02:45

Sunday 29 March 2026, week 13

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Rostock switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:51 ↓ 19:41 (12h 50m) - More info - Make Rostock time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Rostock

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

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 Rostock

Sunrise: 06:51
Sunset: 19:41
Day length: 12h 50m
Solar noon: 13:16
The current local time in Rostock is 16 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Rostock on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 54.09. Longitude: 12.14
Population: 198,000

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Best restaurants in Rostock

#1 Yachthafenresidenz Hohe Düne Hotel - German and vegetarian options food
#2 JOHO Broiler Bar - German and barbecue food
#3 Royal Tandoor - Indian and vegetarian options food

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