Grenchen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 47.1972, 7.3875
- Population
- 15 927
- Region
- Solothurn
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 28 km away
What time is it in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland
This is the current time in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland, shown for the Europe/Zurich time zone (+2).
Grenchen, Switzerland
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Grenchen
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Grenchen.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:56 AM Solar noon 1:31 PM Sunset 8:06 PM Daylight 13 h 10 min Night 10 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:24 AM – 8:37 PM
Weather in Grenchen right now
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Grenchen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2540
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 Solothurn
Nearby places
Grenchen: clock, sun and surroundings
Today's sun rises in Grenchen at 6:56 AM, then sets at 8:06 PM. The day offers 13 h 10 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Grenchen and in nearby Lengnau and Bettlach.
Postal codes assigned across Grenchen total 1.
The local zone in Grenchen is Europe/Zurich, standing at UTC+2. Whether daylight saving applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Grenchen?
- Grenchen uses the Europe/Zurich time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Grenchen vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Grenchen: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Grenchen?
- The sun goes down at 8:06 PM.