Bottrop in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.5233, 6.9253
- Population
- 119 909
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 457 km away
What time is it in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You can see the current local time of Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on this page, in the Europe/Berlin zone (+1).
Bottrop, Germany
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Bottrop
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Bottrop.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 12:17 PM Sunset 4:52 PM Daylight 9 h 10 min Night 14 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Bottrop right now
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Bottrop and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 46236
- 46238
- 46240
- 46242
- 46244
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 North Rhine-Westphalia
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- In Der Sellerbeck — 8.3 km
- Kirchhellen — 9.1 km
- Kuhberg — 9.7 km
- Feldhausen — 10.3 km
- Muelheim — 10.6 km
- Wehofen — 10.8 km
Bottrop: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone covering Bottrop is called Europe/Berlin and stands at UTC+1. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Sun-up in Bottrop is 7:42 AM today and sun-down is 4:52 PM. That gap holds 9 h 10 min of daylight.
If you are looking near Bottrop, both In Der Sellerbeck and Kirchhellen keep the same time.
Postal codes tied to Bottrop number 5.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Bottrop?
- The time zone assigned to Bottrop is Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +1.
- What time zone rules apply in Bottrop — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Bottrop: No.
- What time is sunset in Bottrop?
- It is 4:52 PM.