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Time in Cologne, Germany now

05:30:24AM

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Cologne switches to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 25. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 08:06AM ↓ 06:28PM (10h 23m) - More info - Make Cologne time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Cologne

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 Cologne is 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when Cologne is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when Cologne is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Cologne 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM 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 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Cologne

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	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cologne

Sunrise: 08:06AM
Sunset: 06:28PM
Day length: 10h 23m
Solar noon: 01:17PM
The current local time in Cologne is 77 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Cologne on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 50.93. Longitude: 6.95
Population: 963,000

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