Essen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.4535, 7.0102
- Population
- 593 085
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 454 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Find out what time it is now in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — the local clock runs on Europe/Berlin (+2).
Essen, Germany
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Essen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:12 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 7:37 AM – 6:57 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 North Rhine-Westphalia
Other places named Essen
- Essen Flanders, Belgium
- Essen Lower Saxony, Germany
- 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
- Holteyberg — 7.4 km
- In Der Sellerbeck — 7.6 km
- Sevinghausen — 7.9 km
- Oben Im Eiberg — 8.8 km
- Pierburg — 8.9 km
- Muelheim — 9.4 km
Essen: clock, sun and surroundings
The sky over Essen lightens at 8:12 AM and the sun sets at 6:23 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 11 min today.
For Holteyberg and In Der Sellerbeck near Essen, the clock reads the same.
Postal codes valid in Essen number 12.
Essen carries the Europe/Berlin zone, offset UTC+2. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Essen fall?
- Essen falls under Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +2.
- Will the time in Essen move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Essen: Yes.
- When is the sun up in Essen?
- The sun comes up at 8:12 AM.