Ratekau in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.9500, 10.7333
- Population
- 15 921
- Region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Country
- Germany, Europe
- Capital
- Berlin — 238 km away
What time is it in Ratekau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The time you see here is the local time in Ratekau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in the Europe/Berlin time zone (+2).
Ratekau, Germany
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Local time in Ratekau
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Ratekau keeps Europe/Berlin clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:53 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 6:49 PM
Weather in Ratekau right now
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Ratekau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 23626
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 Schleswig-Holstein
- Kiel 252 668
- Lübeck 212 207
- Flensburg 85 838
- Norderstedt 82 844
- Neumuenster 80 196
- Elmshorn 48 703
Same time zone — Europe/Berlin
- Berlin Germany
- Hamburg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Koeln Germany
- Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Duesseldorf Germany
Nearby places
- Rodenkathen — 2.2 km
- Offendorf — 2.5 km
- Sereetz — 3.1 km
- Alttechau — 3.2 km
- Wilmsdorf — 3.4 km
- Rohlsdorf — 3.4 km
Local time details for Ratekau
No adjustment is needed moving between Ratekau, Rodenkathen and Offendorf.
1 postal code is in use across Ratekau.
In Ratekau the time zone is Europe/Berlin and the offset is UTC+2. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Sunrise comes to Ratekau at 7:53 AM and sunset at 6:13 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 21 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Ratekau?
- Enter Europe/Berlin as the time zone for Ratekau; its offset is +2.
- Does Ratekau move its clocks forward at any time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Ratekau?
- It appears at 7:53 AM.