Forst in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.3707, 9.5380
- Elevation
- 508 m above sea level
- Region
- Saint Gallen
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 165 km away
- Same name
- 38 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forst, Saint Gallen, Switzerland
The time you see here is the local time in Forst, Saint Gallen, Switzerland, in the Europe/Zurich time zone (+2).
Forst, Switzerland
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Forst
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forst.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:54 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 7:22 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Forst right now
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Forst and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9450 Altstätten SG — 0.3 km away
- 9452 Hinterforst — 1.6 km away
- 9453 Eichberg — 3.2 km away
- 9437 Marbach SG — 3.6 km away
- 9411 Reute AR — 4.7 km away
- 9445 Rebstein — 4.7 km away
- 9462 Montlingen — 4.8 km away
- 9056 Gais — 5.0 km away
- 9413 Oberegg — 5.2 km away
- 9451 Kriessern — 5.2 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 Saint Gallen
- Sankt Gallen 75 833
- Rapperswil 34 776
- Wil 23 955
- Jona 17 655
- Gossau 17 043
- Uzwil 12 885
Other places named Forst
- Forst Brandenburg, Germany
- Forst Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Forst Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Forst Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Forst Styria, Austria
Nearby places
- Altstaetten — 1.1 km
- Luechingen — 2.4 km
- Eichberg — 3.1 km
- Wahlkreis Rheintal — 3.2 km
- Marbach (Sg) — 3.6 km
- Brand — 3.7 km
Local time details for Forst
10 postal codes are listed for Forst.
The name of the time zone in Forst is Europe/Zurich, and it runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Forst at 7:54 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:20 PM. That gives the day 10 h 26 min of light.
Travelling from Forst to Altstaetten or Luechingen does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Forst use?
- Forst uses Europe/Zurich, which has an offset of +2.
- Does Forst adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Forst?
- Yes, it is 7:54 AM.