Brakel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.7167, 9.1833
- Population
- 17 808
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 302 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The current local time in Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — time zone Europe/Berlin (+2) — is shown right here.
Brakel, Germany
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Brakel
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Brakel.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:04 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 10 h 10 min Night 13 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Brakel right now
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Brakel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 33034
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
Other places named Brakel
- Brakel Flanders, Belgium
- Brakel Gelderland, Netherlands
- Brakel North Brabant, Netherlands
- Brakel North Brabant, Netherlands
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- Riesel — 2.4 km
- Siddessen — 6.5 km
- Schmechten — 7.7 km
- Ottbergen — 8.4 km
- Klein Bosseborn — 8.8 km
- Natingen — 9.0 km
Local time details for Brakel
The sun rises at 8:04 AM above Brakel and sets at 6:13 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 10 min.
Riesel and Siddessen are neighbours of Brakel on the same clock.
Postal codes valid in Brakel number 1.
Brakel marks time with Europe/Berlin at an offset of UTC+2. Does the area change clocks seasonally? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Brakel use?
- Brakel uses Europe/Berlin, which has an offset of +2.
- Does Brakel keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Brakel: Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Brakel today?
- Today it sets at 6:13 PM.