Essen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.7228, 7.9372
- Population
- 8 185
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 370 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany
The current local time in Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany is displayed here for the Europe/Berlin time zone (+1).
Essen, Germany
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Essen
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Essen keeps Europe/Berlin clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:18 AM Solar noon 12:13 PM Sunset 5:08 PM Daylight 9 h 50 min Night 14 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 5:44 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 Groningen, Netherlands
- Essen Lower Saxony, Germany
- Essen Gelderland, Netherlands
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- Sandloh — 1.1 km
- Osteressen — 2.2 km
- Uptloh — 3.8 km
- Neuenbunnen — 5.2 km
- Quakenbrueck — 5.4 km
- Wasserhausen — 6.2 km
Essen: clock, sun and surroundings
Essen has 12 postal codes in total.
Time zone for Essen: Europe/Berlin, running at UTC+1. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Essen greets the sun at 7:18 AM and loses it at 5:08 PM today. Daylight runs to 9 h 50 min.
The clock does not change between Essen, Sandloh and Osteressen.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Essen?
- Essen is in Europe/Berlin, which has an offset of +1.
- Does Essen follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- How late does the sun set in Essen?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:08 PM.