KielGermany
Current time in Kiel, Germany
Monday, 31 August 2026
Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockKiel time at a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Location
- City in Schleswig-Holstein
- Time zone
Europe/Berlin- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- CEST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET
Weather now
Weather in Kiel
Conditions near Kiel and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy light rain in area with thunder
- Feels like
- 17°C
- Humidity
- 66%
- Wind
- 24.1 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0.5 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower14°C to 21°C86% chance of precipitationWind up to 28.4 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby14°C to 20°C67% chance of precipitationWind up to 31.7 km/h
- Overcast12°C to 21°C28% chance of precipitationWind up to 26.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 12:00 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T10:11:17.751Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T10:26:17.751Z.
Time-zone identity for Kiel
- 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.
Kiel 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 Kiel
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 Kiel
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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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.
Location context
About Kiel
Location details for Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Administrative area
- Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Population
- 252,668
- Coordinates
- 54.3213° N, 10.1349° E. The elevation is 7 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kiel
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kiel. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- ElmschenhagenSchleswig-Holstein, Germany5 km southeast
Europe/BerlinSame local time - PreetzSchleswig-Holstein, Germany13 km southeast
Europe/BerlinSame local time - EckernfördeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany25 km northwest
Europe/BerlinSame local time - NeumünsterSchleswig-Holstein, Germany29 km south
Europe/BerlinSame local time - RendsburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany30 km west
Europe/BerlinSame local time - EutinSchleswig-Holstein, Germany37 km southeast
Europe/BerlinSame local time
Sources for Kiel 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.