Erkelenz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.0784, 6.3089
- Population
- 44 650
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 514 km away
What time is it in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
This page reports the local time in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, set by the Europe/Berlin time zone (+1).
Erkelenz, Germany
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Erkelenz
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Erkelenz keeps Europe/Berlin clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 9 h 10 min Night 14 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 5:31 PM
Weather in Erkelenz right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Erkelenz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41812
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
- Scheidt — 2.1 km
- Terheeg — 2.5 km
- Tenholt — 2.7 km
- Schwanenberg — 3.5 km
- Venrath — 4.7 km
- Schoenhausen — 4.9 km
Local time details for Erkelenz
Postal codes tied to Erkelenz number 1.
Standard time in Erkelenz comes from Europe/Berlin and equals UTC+1. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Today the day starts in Erkelenz at 7:45 AM with sunrise and ends at 4:55 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 9 h 10 min.
The hour in Erkelenz is the hour in Scheidt and Terheeg as well.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Erkelenz listed?
- The time zone in Erkelenz is listed as Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +1.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Erkelenz?
- Daylight saving time in Erkelenz: No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Erkelenz?
- The sun is rising at 7:45 AM.