Zaandam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.4385, 4.8264
- Population
- 71 708
- Region
- North Holland
- Country
- Netherlands, Europe
- Capital
- Amsterdam — 8 km away
What time is it in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands
The time in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands at this very moment is shown below, in the Europe/Amsterdam zone (+1).
Zaandam, Netherlands
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Amsterdam
Local time in Zaandam
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
Zaandam keeps Europe/Amsterdam clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 9 h 40 min Night 14 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Zaandam right now
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Zaandam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1501
- 1502
- 1503
- 1504
- 1505
- 1506
- 1507
- 1508
- 1509
- 1541
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 North Holland
- Amsterdam 741 636
- Haarlem 162 543
- Amsterdam Nieuw-West 151 677
- Amsterdam-Zuid 144 432
- Amsterdam-West 143 842
- Zaanstad 140 085
Same time zone — Europe/Amsterdam
Nearby places
- Sloten — 10.9 km
- Zuid — 11.3 km
- Badhoevedorp — 11.6 km
- Buitenveldert — 12.4 km
- Nieuwe Meer — 12.5 km
- Duivendrecht — 14.4 km
About the time in Zaandam
Addresses in Zaandam fall under 10 postal codes.
The zone applied in Zaandam is Europe/Amsterdam with offset UTC+1. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Look for sunrise at 7:35 AM and sunset at 5:15 PM in Zaandam today. The day carries 9 h 40 min of light.
The same hours are kept in Zaandam and in nearby Sloten and Zuid.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Zaandam?
- Zaandam is in Europe/Amsterdam, which has an offset of +1.
- Does the local time in Zaandam change with daylight saving?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Zaandam?
- Daylight begins at 7:35 AM.