BerlinGermany
Current time in Berlin, Germany
Friday, 25 September 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBerlin time at a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Location
- Capital city of Germany
- Time zone
Europe/Berlin- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Berlin time guide
Does Berlin change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Standard time
- Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
- Daylight time
- Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Berlin
- Berlin and London
- Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year
City, state and metropolitan region
Berlin’s city and state boundary is the same
Official register statistics counted 3,913,644 primary-residence inhabitants in Berlin at the end of 2025 and publish results across its boroughs. The surrounding state of Brandenburg and the wider Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region are not included in that city-state total.
Time-zone identity for Berlin
- IANA zone
Europe/Berlin- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- CEST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Berlin is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Berlin
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Berlin
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Berlin, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
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Next 5 years
- UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Berlin, capital of Germany
Berlin is the capital of Germany. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Germany
- Administrative area
- State of Berlin, Germany
- Population
- 3,426,354
- Coordinates
- 52.5244° N, 13.4105° E. The elevation is 74 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Berlin
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Berlin. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MitteState of Berlin, Germany0.6 km southwest
Europe/BerlinSame local time - Prenzlauer BergState of Berlin, Germany1.9 km northeast
Europe/BerlinSame local time - KreuzbergState of Berlin, Germany2.8 km south
Europe/BerlinSame local time - FriedrichshainState of Berlin, Germany3.2 km east
Europe/BerlinSame local time - GesundbrunnenState of Berlin, Germany3.2 km northwest
Europe/BerlinSame local time - TreptowState of Berlin, Germany4.1 km southeast
Europe/BerlinSame local time
Sources for Berlin time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Berlin resident-register population at 31 December 2025Statistical Office for Berlin-Brandenburg · Published 2026-02-17 · AccessedOfficial registered population and borough-level context for Berlin.