What time is it in Giessen, Hesse, Germany
What follows is the current local time in Giessen, Hesse, Germany, in the Europe/Berlin zone (+1).
Giessen, Germany
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Giessen
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Giessen.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:24 AM Solar noon 12:10 PM Sunset 4:56 PM Daylight 9 h 32 min Night 14 h 28 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Giessen right now
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Giessen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 35390 Gießen
- 35392 Gießen
- 35394 Gießen
- 35396 Gießen
- 35398 Gießen
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Hesse
- Frankfurt Am Main 650 000
- Wiesbaden 288 850
- Kassel 197 230
- Darmstadt 167 029
- Offenbach 119 192
- Hanau am Main 88 648
Other places named Giessen
- Giessen North Brabant, Netherlands
- Giessen Zurich, Switzerland
- Giessen Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Gießen Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Giessen Bavaria, Germany
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- Launsbach — 3.9 km
- Krofdorf-Gleiberg — 5.0 km
- Roedgen — 5.4 km
- Wissmar — 5.6 km
- Vetzberg — 5.7 km
- Trohe — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Giessen
Giessen carries 5 postal codes.
Giessen observes Europe/Berlin time, currently expressed as UTC+1. Daylight saving time here: No.
The sun climbs above Giessen at 7:24 AM and dips below at 4:56 PM. Between them sit 9 h 32 min of daylight.
Giessen shares its time with neighbouring Launsbach and Krofdorf-Gleiberg.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Giessen?
- The time zone for Giessen is Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +1.
- Does the clock in Giessen move for summer time?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Giessen?
- The sun comes up at 7:24 AM.