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Time in Gelsenkirchen, Germany now

20:46:08

Tuesday, 1. April, 2025, week 14

April Fools' Day

Gelsenkirchen switched to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, 30. March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:04 ↓ 20:07 (13h 2m) - More info - Make Gelsenkirchen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Gelsenkirchen

UTC +2

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

From 26 October 2025: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
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 March 30 2025

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 26 2025

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 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
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
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 Gelsenkirchen

Sunrise: 07:04
Sunset: 20:07
Day length: 13h 2m
Solar noon: 13:35
The current local time in Gelsenkirchen is 95 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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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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