Basel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.5577, 7.5936
- Population
- 177 595
- Region
- Basel-City
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 69 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
The local time in Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland — in the Europe/Zurich time zone (+2) — is shown on this page.
Basel, Switzerland
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Basel
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Basel, Basel-City.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:59 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 7:28 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Basel right now
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Basel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4000
- 4001
- 4002
- 4005
- 4009
- 4010
- 4018
- 4019
- 4020
- 4030
- 4031
- 4039
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 Basel-City
Other places named Basel
Nearby places
- Basel-Stadt — 1.2 km
- Binningen — 3.0 km
- Bruderholz — 3.2 km
- Allschwil — 4.4 km
- Munchenstein — 4.5 km
- Bezirk Arlesheim — 4.6 km
Local time details for Basel
Clocks in Basel follow Europe/Zurich, an offset of UTC+2 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:59 AM in Basel and goes down at 6:31 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 32 min.
Near Basel you can add Basel-Stadt and Binningen, both on the same time.
Every address in Basel sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Basel?
- Basel is in Europe/Zurich, which has an offset of +2.
- Does Basel switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Basel: Yes.
- When does light leave Basel?
- Light leaves at 6:31 PM.