Mechelen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 50.7958, 5.9264
- Population
- 1 375
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 190 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mechelen, Limburg, Netherlands
On this page you will find the exact local time in Mechelen, Limburg, Netherlands, in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone (+2).
Mechelen, Netherlands
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Mechelen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Mechelen.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:06 AM Solar noon 1:22 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:33 AM – 7:12 PM
Weather in Mechelen right now
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Mechelen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6281
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 Limburg
Other places named Mechelen
- Mechelen Flanders, Belgium
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Mechelen
Delivery zones in Mechelen are marked by 1 postal code.
People in Mechelen keep Europe/Amsterdam, a zone offset of UTC+2. Seasonal time change: Yes.
Today's times for Mechelen: the sun is up at 8:06 AM and down at 6:38 PM. That means 10 h 32 min of daylight.
Dijk and Overgeul sit close to Mechelen and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Mechelen?
- The time zone local to Mechelen is Europe/Amsterdam, with an offset of +2.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Mechelen?
- Yes.
- When does daylight begin in Mechelen?
- Daylight begins at 8:06 AM.