Buchs in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.1674, 9.4779
- Elevation
- 447 m above sea level
- Population
- 10 418
- Region
- Saint Gallen
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 156 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Buchs, Saint Gallen, Switzerland
Right now in Buchs, Saint Gallen, Switzerland the local time is the one shown here, in the Europe/Zurich zone (+2).
Buchs, Switzerland
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Buchs
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Buchs, Saint Gallen.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:09 PM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 10 h 53 min Night 13 h 07 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in Buchs right now
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Buchs and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9471 Buchs SG 1 — 1.2 km away
- 9470 Buchs SG — 1.5 km away
- 9472 Grabs — 2.8 km away
- 9475 Sevelen — 4.5 km away
- 9469 Haag (Rheintal) — 4.7 km away
- 9473 Gams — 6.1 km away
- 9479 Oberschan — 7.4 km away
- 9465 Salez — 7.5 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 Saint Gallen
- Sankt Gallen 75 833
- Rapperswil 34 776
- Wil 23 955
- Jona 17 655
- Gossau 17 043
- Uzwil 12 885
Other places named Buchs
Nearby places
- Buchs (Sg) — 1.2 km
- Wahlkreis Werdenberg — 1.6 km
- Raefis — 2.0 km
- Studen — 2.5 km
- Rans — 3.0 km
- Haag (Rheintal) — 4.8 km
Buchs: clock, sun and surroundings
Buchs sets its clocks by Europe/Zurich, which runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today Buchs sees sunrise at 7:42 AM, sunset at 6:35 PM. Daylight comes out to 10 h 53 min.
Buchs (Sg) and Wahlkreis Werdenberg are close to Buchs and observe the same time.
Every address in Buchs sits within one of 8 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Buchs?
- The correct time zone for Buchs is Europe/Zurich, with an offset of +2.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Buchs?
- Daylight saving in Buchs: Yes.
- What time is first light in Buchs?
- The sun rises at 7:42 AM.