Echallens in numbers
- Coordinates
- 46.6413, 6.6332
- Population
- 5 740
- Region
- Vaud
- Country
- Switzerland, Europe
- Capital
- Bern — 71 km away
What time is it in Echallens, Vaud, Switzerland
Local time right now in Echallens, Vaud, Switzerland appears above, in the Europe/Zurich time zone (+2).
Echallens, Switzerland
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC+2 · Europe/Zurich
Local time in Echallens
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
Echallens keeps Europe/Zurich time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:02 AM Solar noon 1:33 PM Sunset 8:04 PM Daylight 13 h 02 min Night 10 h 58 min Civil twilight 6:31 AM – 8:35 PM
Weather in Echallens right now
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Echallens and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1040
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 Vaud
Nearby places
- Jouxtens — 10.9 km
- Bossons - Blécherette — 11.1 km
- Blécherette — 11.4 km
- Vennes — 11.4 km
- Crissier — 11.5 km
- Ouest Lausannois District — 11.7 km
Time and daylight in Echallens
Echallens is on Europe/Zurich time, which corresponds to UTC+2. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
In Echallens today the sun is out from 7:02 AM until 8:04 PM. That comes to 13 h 02 min of daylight.
The clock in nearby Assens and Bottens follows Echallens.
Echallens is mapped by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Echallens?
- Use Europe/Zurich to show the time in Echallens; its offset is +2.
- Do the clocks in Echallens go back at any point?
- Yes.
- What time does the day start in Echallens?
- The sun rises at 7:02 AM.