Meppel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.6958, 6.1944
- Population
- 30 697
- Region
- Drenthe
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 95 km away
What time is it in Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
The time now in Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands is shown here, following the Europe/Amsterdam time zone (+2).
Meppel, Netherlands
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Meppel
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Meppel keeps Europe/Amsterdam time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 1:35 PM Sunset 8:13 PM Daylight 13 h 16 min Night 10 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:21 AM – 8:48 PM
Weather in Meppel right now
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Meppel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7940
- 7941
- 7942
- 7943
- 7944
- 7948
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
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
- Kievitsnest — 12.1 km
- Rollecate — 12.1 km
- Roebolligehoek — 12.3 km
- Lichtmis — 12.5 km
- De Maat — 12.7 km
- De Meele — 12.7 km
Time and daylight in Meppel
There are 6 postal code zones in Meppel.
Standard time in Meppel comes from Europe/Amsterdam and equals UTC+2. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise in Meppel is at 6:57 AM today, and sunset comes at 8:13 PM. Daylight lasts 13 h 16 min.
Time in Ruinerwold and Staphorst, both close to Meppel, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What is Meppel's time zone?
- Meppel's time zone is Europe/Amsterdam, with an offset of +2.
- Do clocks in Meppel shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time is sunrise in Meppel?
- It is 6:57 AM.