EZYCLOCK

Time in Berlin

The current local time in Berlin, Germany — updating live, with the difference from your own clock.

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Berlin time explained

Berlin runs on Central European Time, the same as Paris, Madrid, Rome and most of continental western Europe. That single zone stretches from Spain to Poland, which is why sunset in western Spain can be more than an hour and a half later than in eastern Poland on the same evening.

Berlin does observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC changes twice a year. The time above already accounts for whichever is currently in force.

Reaching Berlin

A Berlin afternoon reaches the New York morning; a Berlin morning still catches most of Asia before their day ends. It is one of the better-placed cities for spanning both directions in a single day.

How this page works

The time above is calculated on your own device from the IANA time zone database that ships with your browser, using the zone Europe/Berlin. Nothing is fetched from a server, and the offset shown is whatever is currently in force rather than a number typed into the page — so when a country changes its rules, this page changes with it.

The difference from your own clock is worked out the same way, comparing Berlin's current offset against your device's. If your computer's clock is wrong, so is that comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Is Berlin the same time as Paris?

Yes, identical — the same zone and the same changeover dates.

Why is Spain on the same time as Poland?

Spain aligned itself with Central European Time in 1940 and never moved back, despite sitting at roughly the same longitude as Britain. It is the reason Spanish daily life runs so late by northern European standards.

Does Berlin observe daylight saving?

Yes. The clocks move twice a year, so the difference between Berlin and cities that do not change theirs shifts by an hour for part of the year. The clock on this page reads the current rules directly and is always correct.