Ballast in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.6722, 6.7330
- Population
- 1 710
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 129 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ballast, Drenthe, Netherlands
The clock on this page follows the local time of Ballast, Drenthe, Netherlands, in the Europe/Amsterdam zone (+2).
Ballast, Netherlands
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Ballast
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Ballast, Drenthe.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:20 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 7:13 PM
Weather in Ballast right now
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Ballast and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7741 Coevorden — 0.7 km away
- 7742 Coevorden — 2.1 km away
- 7751 Dalen — 2.8 km away
- 7779 Holthone — 4.9 km away
- 7753 Dalerpeel — 4.9 km away
- 7756 Stieltjeskanaal — 5.3 km away
- 7755 Dalerveen — 5.7 km away
- 7754 Wachtum — 6.0 km away
- 7787 Holtheme — 6.9 km away
- 7864 Zwinderen — 7.0 km away
- 7788 Anerveen — 7.0 km away
- 7929 Nieuwlande Coevorden — 7.3 km away
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 Ballast
- Ballast Lower Saxony, Germany
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
- De Loo — 0.5 km
- Coevorden — 1.3 km
- Poppenhaar — 1.4 km
- Hoogehaar — 1.5 km
- Klooster — 2.1 km
- Vossebelt — 2.3 km
Local time details for Ballast
The sun rises at 8:01 AM above Ballast and sets at 6:38 PM today. Daylight lasts about 10 h 37 min.
Ballast and its neighbours De Loo and Coevorden keep one clock.
The area of Ballast is divided into 12 postal codes.
Ballast observes Europe/Amsterdam time, currently expressed as UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Ballast?
- The time zone setting that matches Ballast is Europe/Amsterdam, with an offset of +2.
- Does Ballast apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Ballast?
- Expect it at 6:38 PM.