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

5:54:33 pm CET

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Country:	Germany
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Lat/Long:	51°31'N / 7°06'E
Elevation:	54 m
Currency:	Euro (EUR)
Languages:	German
Country Code:	+49

°F

Weather

55 °F

Sunny.
62 / 37 °F

Mon 23.		58 / 36 °F
Tue 24.		60 / 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 9.3%

Rise – 7:02 am
Set – 10:34 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:38 pm
Altitude: 38.9°

Astronomical
Twilight

4:38 am – 5:19 am
7:59 pm – 8:40 pm

Nautical
Twilight

5:19 am – 5:58 am
7:19 pm – 7:59 pm

Civil
Twilight

5:58 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 22 mi SW of Gelsenkirchen
Dortmund Airport, DTM
About 22 mi E of Gelsenkirchen
Cologne Bonn Airport, CGN
About 45 mi S of Gelsenkirchen

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Saturday, March 21, 2026