Current Local Time in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

7:33:10 pm CET

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Country:	Germany
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Lat/Long:	51°27'N / 7°01'E
Elevation:	87 m
Currency:	Euro (EUR)
Languages:	German
Country Code:	+49

°F

Weather

50 °F

Clear.
61 / 36 °F

Mon 23.		57 / 35 °F
Tue 24.		59 / 40 °F

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Time Zone

CET (Central European Time)
UTC/GMT +1 hour

DST starts

Mar 29, 2026
Forward 1 hour

DST ends

Oct 25, 2026
Back 1 hour

Difference

5 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

6:32 am
↑ 89° East

Sunset

6:46 pm
↑ 272° West

Day length

12 hours, 14 minutes
+3m 58s longer

Moon 9.7%

Rise – 7:02 am
Set – 10:34 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:39 pm
Altitude: 38.9°

Astronomical
Twilight

4:39 am – 5:20 am
7:59 pm – 8:40 pm

Nautical
Twilight

5:20 am – 5:59 am
7:19 pm – 7:59 pm

Civil
Twilight

5:59 am – 6:32 am
6:46 pm – 7:19 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

New Moon
March 19, 2026
2:23 am

Next
Moon Phase

First Quarter
March 25, 2026
8:17 pm

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Airports

Düsseldorf International Airport, DUS
About 16 mi SW of Essen
Cologne Bonn Airport, CGN
About 41 mi S of Essen
Dortmund Airport, DTM
About 26 mi E of Essen

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Essen

Germany

7:3310pm

Saturday, March 21, 2026