Biel/Bienne in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.1371, 7.2461
- Population
- 55 120
- Region
- Bern
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 26 km away
What time is it in Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland
Below is the local time in Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland, kept in the Europe/Zurich zone (+2).
Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Biel/Bienne
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Biel/Bienne.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:57 AM Solar noon 1:17 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Biel/Bienne right now
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Biel/Bienne and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2500
- 2501
- 2502
- 2503
- 2504
- 2505
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 Bern
- Bern 121 631
- Thun 43 723
- Koeniz 41 784
- Burgdorf 16 420
- Steffisburg 15 709
- Langenthal 14 184
Nearby places
- Evilard/Leubringen — 2.1 km
- Magglingen — 2.4 km
- Bruegg — 2.6 km
- Ipsach — 2.8 km
- Frinvillier — 3.6 km
- La Reuchenette — 5.9 km
Time and daylight in Biel/Bienne
Around Biel/Bienne, places such as Evilard/Leubringen and Magglingen use the same time.
Addressing within Biel/Bienne draws on 6 postal codes.
For Biel/Bienne the applicable zone is Europe/Zurich, running UTC+2. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise reaches Biel/Bienne at 7:57 AM, and the sun sets at 6:37 PM. Light lasts 10 h 40 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Biel/Bienne?
- Choose Europe/Zurich for Biel/Bienne, with an offset of +2.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Biel/Bienne?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Biel/Bienne?
- The sun is setting at 6:37 PM.