Schachen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.3865, 9.2445
- Elevation
- 789 m above sea level
- Region
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 144 km away
- Same name
- 28 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Schachen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
Learn the current time in Schachen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, a place in the Europe/Zurich time zone (+2).
Schachen, Switzerland
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Schachen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Schachen keeps Europe/Zurich clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 7:24 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Schachen right now
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Schachen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9112 Schachen b. Herisau — 1.0 km away
- 9231 Egg (Flawil) — 1.9 km away
- 9102 Herisau — 2.6 km away
- 9100 Herisau — 2.8 km away
- 9200 Gossau SG — 3.5 km away
- 9113 Degersheim — 3.8 km away
- 9201 Gossau SG — 3.9 km away
- 9103 Schwellbrunn — 3.9 km away
- 9230 Flawil 1 — 4.1 km away
- 9104 Waldstatt — 4.5 km away
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 Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Other places named Schachen
- Schachen Schwyz, Switzerland
- Schachen Upper Austria, Austria
- Schachen Zurich, Switzerland
- Schachen Upper Austria, Austria
- Schachen Upper Austria, Austria
Nearby places
- Herisau — 2.6 km
- Alterschwil — 3.2 km
- Bezirk Hinterland — 3.3 km
- Gossau — 3.3 km
- Gossau (Sg) — 3.9 km
- Flawil — 4.1 km
Time and daylight in Schachen
10 postal codes describe the layout of Schachen.
The name of the time zone in Schachen is Europe/Zurich, and it runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise today in Schachen lands at 7:55 AM; sunset lands at 6:21 PM. That is 10 h 26 min of light.
In Herisau and Alterschwil the clock agrees with Schachen.
Questions and answers
- How is Schachen's time zone listed?
- Schachen's time zone is listed as Europe/Zurich, with an offset of +2.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Schachen?
- Yes.
- Sunrise in Schachen is at what time?
- At 7:55 AM.