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Time in Gelsenkirchen, Germany now

07:54:25PM

Friday, October 2, 2026

International Day of Non-Violence - to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun: ↑ 07:34AM ↓ 07:08PM (11h 34m) - More info - Make Gelsenkirchen time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Gelsenkirchen

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 Gelsenkirchen is 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when Gelsenkirchen is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when Gelsenkirchen is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Gelsenkirchen 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 Gelsenkirchen

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 Gelsenkirchen

Sunrise: 07:34AM
Sunset: 07:08PM
Day length: 11h 34m
Solar noon: 01:21PM
The current local time in Gelsenkirchen is 81 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Gelsenkirchen on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 51.51. Longitude: 7.10
Population: 270,000

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