Assen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.9967, 6.5625
- Population
- 68 836
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 132 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands, in the Europe/Amsterdam zone (+1).
Assen, Netherlands
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Assen
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Assen, Drenthe.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 4:52 PM Daylight 9 h 07 min Night 14 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 5:30 PM
Weather in Assen right now
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Assen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9401
- 9402
- 9403
- 9404
- 9405
- 9406
- 9407
- 9408
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 Drenthe
Other places named Assen
- Assen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Assen Woleu-Ntem, Gabon
- Assen Malampa, Vanuatu
- Assen North West, South Africa
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
Assen: clock, sun and surroundings
8 postal codes are listed for Assen.
Assen is served by the Europe/Amsterdam time zone, offset UTC+1. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sky over Assen lightens at 7:45 AM and the sun sets at 4:52 PM. Daylight runs for 9 h 07 min today.
Clocks in Anreep and Schieven read the same as clocks in Assen.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Assen?
- Use Europe/Amsterdam for Assen; its offset is +1.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Assen?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Assen — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:45 AM, sunset at 4:52 PM.