Forst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.2015, 7.7396
- Elevation
- 509 m above sea level
- Region
- Bern
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 36 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forst, Bern, Switzerland
The local time of Forst, Bern, Switzerland is presented here, in line with the Europe/Zurich zone (+2).
Forst, Switzerland
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Forst
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Forst, Bern.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 1:29 PM Sunset 8:02 PM Daylight 13 h 07 min Night 10 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 8:33 PM
Weather in Forst right now
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Forst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4922 Thunstetten — 0.7 km away
- 3360 Herzogenbuchsee — 2.1 km away
- 3376 Graben — 2.4 km away
- 3368 Bleienbach — 2.5 km away
- 3367 Thörigen — 3.2 km away
- 3373 Heimenhausen — 3.5 km away
- 3366 Bettenhausen — 3.6 km away
- 3372 Wanzwil — 3.6 km away
- 4933 Rütschelen — 4.1 km away
- 4913 Bannwil — 4.2 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 Bern
- Bern 121 631
- Biel/Bienne 55 120
- Thun 43 723
- Koeniz 41 784
- Burgdorf 16 420
- Steffisburg 15 709
Other places named Forst
- Forst Brandenburg, Germany
- Forst Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Forst Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Forst Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Forst Styria, Austria
Nearby places
- Weissenried — 1.0 km
- Graben — 2.4 km
- Bleienbach — 2.5 km
- Herzogenbuchsee — 2.9 km
- Wanzwil — 3.5 km
- Bettenhausen — 3.6 km
Local time details for Forst
The zone that governs Forst is Europe/Zurich at UTC+2. Whether the clocks move seasonally: Yes.
Today Forst gets sunrise at 6:56 AM and sunset at 8:02 PM. That leaves 13 h 07 min of daylight.
Clocks in Herzogenbuchsee and Lotzwil read the same as clocks in Forst.
Sorting mail for Forst involves 10 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Should Europe/Zurich be used as the time zone for Forst?
- Yes, Forst uses Europe/Zurich, whose offset is +2.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Forst?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Forst.
- The sun rises at 6:56 AM.