Drachten in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.1125, 6.0989
- Population
- 45 186
- Region
- Friesland
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 116 km away
What time is it in Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands, in the Europe/Amsterdam zone (+1).
Drachten, Netherlands
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Drachten
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Drachten, Friesland.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 9 h 10 min Night 14 h 50 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Drachten right now
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Drachten and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9201
- 9202
- 9203
- 9204
- 9205
- 9206
- 9207
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
- Heerenveen 43 094
- Sneek 32 811
- Harlingen 16 119
- Wolvega 13 090
- Joure 13 090
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
- Haneburen — 11.0 km
- Hoornsterzwaagcompagnie — 11.6 km
- Gorredijk — 12.0 km
- Jubbega — 12.2 km
- Jubbega Derde Sluis — 12.6 km
- Oosterend — 12.9 km
Local time details for Drachten
Haneburen and Hoornsterzwaagcompagnie sit close to Drachten and run on the same clock.
The postal code count for Drachten is 7.
The time standard for Drachten is Europe/Amsterdam at UTC+1. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Sunrise at Drachten today happens at 7:45 AM, sunset at 4:55 PM. The two are 9 h 10 min apart.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Drachten?
- The time zone setting that matches Drachten is Europe/Amsterdam, with an offset of +1.
- Does Drachten take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Drachten: No.
- What time does the sun set in Drachten?
- The sun sets in Drachten at 4:55 PM.