Balk in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.8976, 5.5796
- Population
- 3 915
- Region
- Friesland
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 75 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balk, Friesland, Netherlands
Learn the current time in Balk, Friesland, Netherlands, a place in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone (+2).
Balk, Netherlands
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Balk
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Balk keeps Europe/Amsterdam time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:59 AM Solar noon 1:37 PM Sunset 8:15 PM Daylight 13 h 17 min Night 10 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:23 AM – 8:51 PM
Weather in Balk right now
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Balk and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8561
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 Friesland
- Leeuwarden 124 481
- Drachten 45 186
- Heerenveen 43 094
- Sneek 32 811
- Harlingen 16 119
- Joure 13 090
Other places named Balk
- Balk England, United Kingdom
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
- Harich — 1.2 km
- Ruigahuizen — 1.8 km
- Bargebek — 1.9 km
- Delburen — 2.9 km
- Wijckelereebuurt — 2.9 km
- Wijckel — 3.1 km
Time and daylight in Balk
In Balk the sun rises today at 6:59 AM and sets again at 8:15 PM. Daylight fills 13 h 17 min of the day.
The same hours are kept in Balk and in nearby Harich and Wijckel.
Coverage of Balk by postal code amounts to 1 entries.
The zone name for Balk is Europe/Amsterdam and the offset is UTC+2. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Balk?
- Balk uses the Europe/Amsterdam time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Does Balk take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Balk: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Balk?
- Local sunrise is 6:59 AM.