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

6:36:53 am CET

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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

37 °F

Passing clouds.
43 / 34 °F

Thu 5.		43 / 34 °F
Fri 6.		44 / 32 °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

8:05 am
↑ 115° Southeast

Sunset

5:26 pm
↑ 245° Southwest

Day length

9 hours, 22 minutes
+3m 25s longer

Moon 93.6%

Set – 9:05 am
Rise – 8:54 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:45 pm
Altitude: 22.4°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:11 am – 6:49 am
6:42 pm – 7:21 pm

Nautical
Twilight

6:49 am – 7:29 am
6:02 pm – 6:42 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:29 am – 8:05 am
5:26 pm – 6:02 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Full Moon
February 1, 2026
11:09 pm

Next
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
February 9, 2026
1:43 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

6:36 53 am

Wednesday, February 4, 2026