Germany · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Bremen, Germany runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Bremen and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Bremen lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Bremen and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Bremen lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Bremen and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Bremen lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bremen.
Practical Info
Bremen (Germany) is home to roughly 570K people. Today brings about 16.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:00, sunset at 21:54. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 53° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.08°N, 8.80°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bremen is one of Germany's three city-states, alongside Hamburg and Berlin, and consists of two separate pieces — the city itself and Bremerhaven, 60 km downstream, with someone else's territory in between.
The clock: Bremen keeps UTC+1. Its Roland statue, from 1404, and the town hall are both on the UNESCO list as symbols of civic independence.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap