Gelsenkirchen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.5087, 7.0968
- Population
- 270 028
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 446 km away
What time is it in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The present local time in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is given below, for the Europe/Berlin time zone (+2).
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Gelsenkirchen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:03 AM Solar noon 1:18 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 7:06 PM
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Gelsenkirchen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 45879
- 45881
- 45883
- 45884
- 45886
- 45888
- 45889
- 45891
- 45892
- 45894
- 45896
- 45897
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
- Schalke — 1.2 km
- Wattenscheid — 4.4 km
- Wanne-Eickel — 5.6 km
- Sevinghausen — 5.7 km
- Sudholz — 7.5 km
- Oben Im Eiberg — 8.8 km
About the time in Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen spans 12 postal codes.
Gelsenkirchen lies in the Europe/Berlin time zone, offset UTC+2. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: Yes.
The sun rises over Gelsenkirchen today at 8:03 AM and slips away at 6:32 PM. That leaves 10 h 30 min of daylight.
The clock in Gelsenkirchen matches the clock in nearby Schalke and Wattenscheid.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Gelsenkirchen?
- The applicable time zone information is Europe/Berlin, with an offset of +2.
- Does Gelsenkirchen shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Gelsenkirchen: Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Gelsenkirchen?
- It rises at 8:03 AM.