Essen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.7833, -96.4884
- Elevation
- 380 m above sea level
- Region
- Nebraska
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1676 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essen, Nebraska, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Essen, Nebraska, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Essen, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Essen
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Essen.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:54 AM Solar noon 1:11 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:26 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in Essen right now
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Essen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 68063 Uehling — 5.3 km away
- 68045 Oakland — 6.4 km away
- 68019 Craig — 8.1 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 Nebraska
Other places named Essen
- Essen North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Essen Flanders, Belgium
- Essen Lower Saxony, Germany
- Essen Groningen, Netherlands
- Essen Lower Saxony, Germany
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Uehling — 5.6 km
- Oakland — 6.1 km
- Argo (historical) — 7.6 km
- Craig — 10.3 km
- Admah (historical) — 14.8 km
- Burt County — 15.3 km
Local time details for Essen
Essen uses the America/Chicago time zone with a UTC−5 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
The sun shows itself over Essen at 7:54 AM and sets at 6:27 PM today. That is 10 h 33 min of light.
Uehling and Oakland lie near Essen and keep identical time.
Records show 3 postal codes for Essen.
Questions and answers
- What is Essen's time zone?
- Essen's time zone is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Essen?
- Yes.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Essen?
- It sets at 6:27 PM.