Check the current local time in 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.
CET
UTC +1:00
Used outside daylight saving time
CEST
UTC +2:00
Observed during daylight saving time
DST ends
October 25, 2026
Based on Last Sunday in March / Last Sunday in October
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.
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.
Berlin is located in Germany and uses the Europe/Berlin time zone. For anyone coordinating calls or meetings internationally, the key question is rarely "what time is it" — it's which hours in Berlin overlap with your own working day. Use the world clock comparison further down the page to see at a glance how Berlin aligns with other major cities.
Scheduling tip: Always reference a city name in calendar invites rather than a fixed UTC offset. Calendar apps like Google Calendar and Outlook will automatically adjust for any clock changes on both ends, so your meeting stays at the intended local time for everyone involved.
Daylight Saving Time
DST ends on October 25, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in Berlin.
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