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

9:46:09 am CET

Saturday, December 6, 2025

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

43 °F

Overcast.
52 / 46 °F

Sun 7.		52 / 46 °F
Mon 8.		55 / 49 °F

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Time Zone

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

DST started

Mar 30, 2025
Forward 1 hour

DST ended

Oct 26, 2025
Back 1 hour

Difference

6 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

8:21 am
↑ 127° Southeast

Sunset

4:24 pm
↑ 233° Southwest

Day length

8 hours, 2 minutes
-1m 36s shorter

Moon 96.9%

Set – 10:37 am
Rise – 5:27 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:23 pm
Altitude: 16.0°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:19 am – 6:59 am
5:46 pm – 6:26 pm

Nautical
Twilight

6:59 am – 7:42 am
5:03 pm – 5:46 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:42 am – 8:21 am
4:24 pm – 5:03 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Full Moon
December 5, 2025
12:14 am

Next
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
December 11, 2025
9:51 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

9:4609am

Saturday, December 6, 2025