Alpelen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.9442, 8.4412
- Region
- Nidwalden
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 75 km away
What time is it in Alpelen, Nidwalden, Switzerland
The clock above shows the current local time in Alpelen, Nidwalden, Switzerland, which uses Europe/Zurich (+2).
Alpelen, Switzerland
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Alpelen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Alpelen, Nidwalden.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:40 PM Daylight 10 h 54 min Night 13 h 06 min Civil twilight 7:15 AM – 7:10 PM
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Alpelen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6375 Beckenried — 2.4 km away
- 6382 Büren NW — 2.6 km away
- 6383 Niederrickenbach — 2.8 km away
- 6374 Buochs — 2.9 km away
- 6370 Oberdorf NW — 4.3 km away
- 6373 Ennetbürgen — 5.6 km away
- 6371 Stans — 5.9 km away
- 6376 Emmetten — 6.0 km away
- 6386 Wolfenschiessen — 6.7 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 Nidwalden
- Stans 8 393
- Buochs 5 524
- Hergiswil 5 437
- Stansstad 4 471
- Ennetbürgen 4 226
- Beckenried 3 050
Nearby places
- Chaeserstad — 4.0 km
- Gigi — 4.5 km
- Hinter Walibalm — 4.9 km
- Unter Sack — 5.1 km
- Schmidsboden — 5.5 km
- Gadmen — 5.8 km
Local time details for Alpelen
The clock in nearby Chaeserstad and Gigi follows Alpelen.
Alpelen is served by a set of 9 postal codes.
Alpelen holds to Europe/Zurich time, which equals UTC+2. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Alpelen at 7:46 AM and leaves it at 6:40 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 54 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Alpelen?
- Alpelen observes the Europe/Zurich time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Does Alpelen adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Alpelen?
- Sunrise is at 7:46 AM and sunset at 6:40 PM.