Essen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.7740, 9.0485
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 296 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Europe/Berlin zone (+1).
Essen, Germany
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Essen
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Essen, Lower Saxony.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 5:04 PM Daylight 9 h 50 min Night 14 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:38 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Essen right now
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Essen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 45127
- 45128
- 45130
- 45131
- 45133
- 45134
- 45136
- 45138
- 45139
- 45141
- 45143
- 45144
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 Lower Saxony
- Hannover 515 140
- Braunschweig 244 715
- Osnabrueck 166 462
- Oldenburg 159 218
- Wolfsburg 123 064
- Goettingen 122 149
Other places named Essen
- Essen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Essen Flanders, Belgium
- Essen Lower Saxony, Germany
- Essen Groningen, Netherlands
- Essen Gelderland, Netherlands
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- Schierenhop — 1.4 km
- Steinborn — 1.8 km
- Niemannsbruch — 2.3 km
- Riethausen — 3.3 km
- Maeuseburg — 4.7 km
- Woepse — 4.7 km
Essen: clock, sun and surroundings
Essen sits in the Europe/Berlin time zone, which runs at UTC+1. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise for Essen today is set at 7:14 AM, sunset at 5:04 PM. Daylight covers 9 h 50 min.
Travelling from Essen to Schierenhop or Steinborn does not change the hour.
Postal areas within Essen come to 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Essen?
- The entry corresponding to Essen is Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +1.
- Does the time in Essen vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Essen: No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Essen?
- Expect it at 7:14 AM.