Updated Aug 2026

Current Time in Berlin, Germany

Name: Berlin
Address: Berlin, Germany

Berlin uses the Europe/Berlin time zone, with CET (UTC +1:00) during standard time and CEST (UTC +2:00) during daylight saving time.

Berlin, Germany — Live Clock

8:37:17 AM

CEST · UTC +1:00

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Sunrise

6:49 AM

Sunset

7:12 PM

Day Length

12h 23m

Population

3.6 M

52.5200° N, 13.4050° E · 34 m elevation · September 20, 2026

Berlin Time Zone

Time Zone

Europe/Berlin

CEST

Standard Time

CET

UTC +1:00

Daylight Time

CEST

UTC +2:00

Next DST Change

Follows local rules

This city’s business rhythm

Berlin — CET/CEST, startup capital

Berlin runs on CET (winter) or CEST (summer). Same offset as Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg. Berlin is Germany's startup capital — the Silicon-Allee ecosystem clusters here. Business hours skew slightly later than Frankfurt (Berlin 10 AM starts vs Frankfurt 8 AM). Berlin is not a major financial hub — DAX trading anchors on Frankfurt — but it is the political capital.

Regional context

Timezones across Europe

Europe stretches across four main timezones — GMT/BST (UK, Ireland, Portugal), CET/CEST (most of continental Europe), EET/EEST (Greece, Finland, the Baltics), and MSK (Russia's westernmost cities). Most countries observe DST in unison — last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October — creating clean 1-hour steps between neighbouring zones. Icelandic and Russian cities are exceptions with no seasonal shift.

About Berlin Time: CET & CEST

Check the current local time in Berlin, Germany. Berlin uses the Europe/Berlin time zone (CET, UTC+1) and observes daylight saving time (CEST, UTC+2) part of the year. Use this page to see the exact current time in Berlin and plan calls or meetings across time zones.