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Time in Gelsenkirchen, Germany now

02:01:58AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Gelsenkirchen switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:17AM ↓ 05:14PM (9h 57m) - More info - Make Gelsenkirchen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Gelsenkirchen

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 Gelsenkirchen 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 Gelsenkirchen can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Gelsenkirchen 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 03:00AM to 02:00AM 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 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Gelsenkirchen

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
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 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 Gelsenkirchen

Sunrise: 07:17AM
Sunset: 05:14PM
Day length: 9h 57m
Solar noon: 12:15PM
The current local time in Gelsenkirchen is 15 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Gelsenkirchen on the map

Location: Germany
Latitude: 51.51. Longitude: 7.10
Population: 266,000

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Best restaurants in Gelsenkirchen

#1 Mykonos Restaurant - Greek and mediterranean food
#2 Bei Gil - Portuguese food
#3 Restaurant&Steakhouse Haus Witte - Steakhouses and vegetarian options food
#4 Pandossia - Greek and vegetarian options food

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