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

7:00:31 pm CET

Wednesday, January 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

43 °F

Clear.
45 / 30 °F

Fri 23.		48 / 38 °F
Sat 24.		44 / 30 °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

6 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

8:24 am
↑ 122° Southeast

Sunset

5:01 pm
↑ 238° Southwest

Day length

8 hours, 37 minutes
+2m 46s longer

Moon 8.8%

Rise – 9:43 am
Set – 8:12 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:42 pm
Altitude: 18.7°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:26 am – 7:05 am
6:20 pm – 7:00 pm

Nautical
Twilight

7:05 am – 7:47 am
5:39 pm – 6:20 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:47 am – 8:24 am
5:01 pm – 5:39 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

New Moon
January 18, 2026
8:51 pm

Next
Moon Phase

First Quarter
January 26, 2026
5:47 am

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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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Gelsenkirchen

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7:0031pm

Wednesday, January 21, 2026