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

9:48:03 am CET

Monday, March 23, 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

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°F

Weather

50 °F

Passing clouds.
61 / 42 °F

Tue 24.		61 / 42 °F
Wed 25.		54 / 38 °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

6:27 am
↑ 87° East

Sunset

6:49 pm
↑ 273° West

Day length

12 hours, 22 minutes
+3m 58s longer

Moon 23.4%

Set – 12:06 am
Rise – 7:48 am

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:38 pm
Altitude: 39.6°

Astronomical
Twilight

4:33 am – 5:14 am
8:02 pm – 8:44 pm

Nautical
Twilight

5:14 am – 5:54 am
7:23 pm – 8:02 pm

Civil
Twilight

5:54 am – 6:27 am
6:49 pm – 7:23 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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Gelsenkirchen

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9:48 03 am

Monday, March 23, 2026